{"id":22828,"date":"2015-06-04T07:24:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T11:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=22828"},"modified":"2018-11-23T22:41:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T03:41:58","slug":"whimsical-world-of-worm-shells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/04\/whimsical-world-of-worm-shells\/","title":{"rendered":"Whimsical World Of Worm Shells"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pam<\/a><\/p>\n

WORM SHELLS don’t follow any rules of symmetry or structure as they twist and stretch in all kinds of crazy ways doin’ their own thang- that’s why I love them so much. No two are alike!<\/p>\n

\"Oodles<\/a><\/p>\n

That’s also why I love to use them in art projects like this one I made with over 1000 WORM SHELLS…<\/p>\n

\"Worm<\/a><\/p>\n

And for locks of mermaid hair in our Anshellina sculpture.<\/p>\n

\"Mermaid<\/a><\/p>\n

And for smaller frames (CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a> to learn how I made this one and more)…<\/p>\n

\"pam<\/a><\/p>\n

In Southwest Florida, we have a few different kinds of WORM SHELLS that wash up on our beaches although I never really think about their differences… Im just always thrilled to find any WORM SHELL but I think it’s time I show you the differences.<\/p>\n

Here are the 3 varieties of WORM SHELLS we have in our area. In the next photo from left to right… VARIABLE WORM SHELL, FARGO WORM SHELL, FLORIDA WORM SHELL<\/p>\n

\"Petaloconchus<\/a><\/p>\n

You’ve seen me post WORM SHELLS a million times but I don’t think I ever even say “FARGO WORM SHELL”. I always think “WORMIE!” so who cares what kind- haha. So yes, this is the FARGO WORM SNAIL –\u00a0Vermicularia fargoi<\/em>\u00a0– which comes in many various color forms.<\/p>\n

\"Vermicularia<\/a><\/p>\n

These little cutie shellooties are the FLORIDA WORM SHELL –\u00a0Vermicularia knorrii –\u00a0<\/em>(or KNORR’S WORM SNAIL). Look at those sweet little white tips!<\/p>\n

\"Vermicularia<\/a><\/p>\n

Just so you can see the differences in size of the FARGOs and FLORIDAs…<\/p>\n

\"Vermicularia<\/a><\/p>\n

WORM SHELLS are even fun when they are broken too. Sanibel local sheller Cherry uses them to make wooden plaques with her granddaughters’ names on them… Ella and Grace.<\/p>\n

\"seashell<\/a><\/p>\n

These are THE cutest!!!<\/p>\n

\"seashell<\/a><\/p>\n

There’s another type of WORM SHELL… the VARIABLE WORM SHELL- Petaloconchus varians<\/em>. This is the one I call WORM ROCK because it really doesn’t look like a snail shell but instead it looks like a big ol’ hunk of rock or dark CORAL. Theses snails can grow into large colonies which look similar to CORAL REEF structures.<\/p>\n

\"Petaloconchus<\/a><\/p>\n

The wonderful,\u00a0whimsical world of WORM SHELLS.\u00a0Be still my heart.<\/p>\n

\"Whimsical<\/a><\/p>\n

PS- To see all of the different places that we’ve found WORM SHELLS and more photos of them, CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and scroll down through all of the pages of posts.<\/p>\n

Come with me on a Shelling Adventure and maybe we will find some together.<\/p>\n

\"pam<\/a><\/p>\n

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