You will receive one beautiful natural Volva Volva Sea Shell (aka Spindle Egg Cowry) display specimen!

These gorgeous natural Volva Volva sea shells are between 3.75" - 4" inches long.

Natural Volva Volva sea shells are very beautiful, have unique long shaped canals and are highly sought after by collectors.

You will receive a randomly selected Volva Volva sea shell from our available inventory, see photos for an accurate example of the quality, size and colour.

Asking price is very low for a beautiful, rare and delicate natural wonder from the ocean.

This is an amazing find from our desert outpost by the sea!


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ABOUT THE VOLVA VOLVA SEA SHELL:
Volva Volva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae (false cowries). In Australia the shells are commonly referred to as a Shuttle or Spindle Egg Cowry.

The shell of Volva volva ranges between 45 and 186 mm in length. The canals are long and narrow, while the body whorl is about one-third or less of the shell length.

Volva volva is found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Ovulids are carnivorous molluscs that feed on polyps and tissues of Anthozoa (as do the genera Cyphoma and Pseudocyphoma). They live on, and eat, soft corals and sea fans, and they are usually regarded as ectoparasites of these sessile colonial organisms, to which they are anchored by a long and narrow foot. This extreme specialisation in their alimentary regime has caused important morphological modifications to their radula.

Ovulids mostly have smooth shiny shells with a very long aperture and a very low or invisible spire. The shell can be pyriform (shaped like a pear), ovate (egg-shaped) to sub-ovate, cylindrical or lanceolate (lance-shaped).

The shell is often monochromatic white, but in some species the shell is pink or reddish.

In a few species of ovulids, the shell quite closely resembles that of cowries. However in many other species, the shells are so elongate that they do not so much resemble the shells of that closely related family.

When these snails are alive, the mantle completely covers the shell almost all of the time. Pictures of living animals usually show the brightly colored and decorated mantle, which looks very different from the often rather plain, shiny surface of the shell.

The color patterns of the mantle closely resemble the color patterns of the host species. This is due to the phenomenon of "alimentary homochromy" (obtaining the same color as the host by feeding on the host). This phenomenon gives them a remarkable camouflage ability.