In The Pink From Bahamas

After a week sailing, snorkeling and beach combing in the Bahamas, I’m feeling in the pink. So are our seashells! As I unpacked each of these lovely gems admiring their beauty and remembering how much fun it was to find them, I realized how many Caribbean seashells from the Bahamas are pink. Even the OLIVES are pink! We found lots of NETTED OLIVES but 2 of them were gorgeous glossy passionate pink.

netted olives Oliva reticularis Abaco Bahama

They rolled up in the surf on Great Guana Cay.

Netted olives Bahamas

It’s taking me a bit longer than I expected to get to photos of our shells in order and identified properly so I can share a few more of these pink beauties up close and personal. I think those little pink shells at 5 o’clock in the first picture are SMOOTH ATLANTIC TEGULAS but there are some others mixed in that are different so I need to research them. Then I will show close-ups!  Also, I believe those pink TRIVIAS are COFFEE BEACH TRIVIAS but holy cowrie- they are sooo brilliant and bright pink! So until I can get those treasures photographed, I have included a few photos of the other cool things we found …and…. I made a little video of some of the fun stuff we did while on our search for shells. Enjoy!

Clark gave me TULIPS! Just walking along the beach going to dinner at Nipper’s, he found two spectacsheller TRUE TULIPS.

Clark with Tulip shells in Abaco Bahamas

He also found 3 amazing CARRIER SHELLS (I was happy to find one more to add to our loot). Remember I told you we were looking for packable, light weight shelling scoops a couple of weeks ago? Well Clark got creative and picked up a lacrosse stick at Sports Authority to try it out for a shelling scoop. He unscrewed the plastic basket from the aluminum stick to fit it into our new wheeled duffle bag (Costco special) and used it everyday while beach combing and snorkeling. It worked! He loved it!!! LOL

carrier shells Xenophoridae Abaco Bahamas

John found a DOG-HEAD TRITON while he was snorkling!

John with dog head triton shell Bahamas

After a couple of hours snorkeling (as you can tell by his pruney fingers- heehee), he came back to the boat to say he had the find of the week. Shellzam! Yes, he did! It doesn’t look like a great shell in this next photo but trust me, once it’s cleaned up, it will be a beautiful specimen. He said he saw an Octopus as well so maybe the OCTOPUS had just eaten this guy for lunch because it only has a small part broken off the “tail”. I love those DOG-HEADS.

dog-head triton Ranularia cynocephalum Abaco Bahamas

I found a dried up CUSHION SEA STAR  in the high wrack line on one of the beaches too. I was able to put it in plastic tupperware for the ride home… and it made it!

Dried cushion sea star Abaco Bahamas

Such a fun time to spend with a group of friends on Sunsail’s The Talisman V that love shelling as much as we do!

Rambo with Talisman V crew Bahamas

To be continued…. but check out my last post if you missed the first half of this trip CLICK HERE . 

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