Nautilus Shells 7”+ Tiger Striped Chambered Starfish the Lightning Whelk has a

the Lightning Whelk has a left-handed shell (shell opening to the right with shell spire pointing “up”)

hard skeleton that contains many organ-pipe like tubes

is one of the local molluscan celebrities

the spiny puffers

with females attaining up to 16 inches in length

Nautilus Shells 7”+ Tiger Striped Chambered Starfish the Lightning Whelk has aNautilus have a well developed nervous system and highly developed eyes. Surrounding the mouth are many tentacles. Nautilus are the only cephalopod to have a true external shell. Naturalists, mathematicians and physicists have been fascinated for years by the form of this shell. The spirally coiled, chambered shell is perfectly proportioned mathematically, a remarkable feat of natural engineering. Air is moved through the many chambers to control