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Sea Shells (Definitive) - 1993

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TECHNICAL DETAILS
Name of the Issue Sea Shells (Definitive)
Release Date
dd/mm/yyyy
3/4/1993
Denominations Fils: 25, 50,150, 175, 250, Dhs: 1, 2, 3
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Sea Shells (Definitive)

 

25 Fils -CONUS TEXTILE: Adult size L 40-120mm, Uncommon species very poisonous. Basic colour is ivory to orange-brown superimposed with a wide variety of wavy lines in tent-like formations.  

50 Fils -PINCTADA RADIATA: Adult size 80-200mm. Very common species which L was a very important source of pearls. It has a long, straight hinge line and no teeth. Interior is mother-of-pearl .  

100 Fils -MUREX SCOLOPAX : Adult size 40-180mm. Uncommon species which - lives is shallow water is muddy sand and can I. be easily stepped on with a bare foot resulting l in broken spines embedded in ones foot.  

150 Fils -NA TICA PULICARIS : Adult L size 15-30mm. Uncommon species, with " round ball-like shell with a depressed spire and very large body whirl.

175 Fils -LAMBIS TRUNCA T A SEBAE: Adult size 200-350mm. Very common giant species which decorates many a window-ledge C in the Middle East. It is extremely solid and L strong, so much so that fishermen in ancient L times used hundreds of dead, piled up shells L as walls for sea-side huts.

200 Fils -CARDIT A BICOLOR : Adult size 16-55mm. Common species very beautiful, creamy-white in colour with brown spots L or dashes on radial ribbing.  

250 Fils -CYPRAEA GRAY ANA: Adult size 20- 78mm. Very common species of :. cowries with a fairly large shell with a humped /3 back and a flat base.  

300 Fils -CYMATIUM TRILINEATUM: L Adult size 30- 70mm. Uncommon species with a strong, thick shell having a relatively short spire and a long siphonal canal. Shell sculptured with multiple spiral ribs which become thick where they cross the varices.