I just wanted you to know that we got the shell and it is looking great. Thanks again for your help and expertise.
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Small Seashells
The Precious Wentletrap
The Precious Wentletrap or Staircase Shell is
so exquisitely formed that it is no wonder the early
collectors in the 18th Century valued it above rubies and
paid prices for which it might have been copied in gold and
studded with diamonds. The tapering spiral whorls of this
small, dainty shell which reaches not much more than two
inches in length, are not sutured together as in the case
with most spiral univalves. There is a space between them
all the way from the nucleus to the aperture and the whole
is covered with very regular and ridge-like varices which
have the appearance of a white latticework cage enclosing
the glossy whorls, or the treads of a spiral staircase.