Spondylus

The mother-of-pearl, wide-mouthed purpura Purpura patula pansa, giant limpet Patella mexicana and spiny rock scallop Spondylus calcifer are nationally protected.

Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico 2008

This issue contains articles on the use of dog whelks (Nucella lapillus) to produce purple dye, neolithic ornaments made from shells of the spiny oyster Spondylus gaederopus, the clausiliid snail Papillifera papillaris (by yours truly), an obituary for Nicholas Shackleton (1937-2006) and other useful bits of information on mollusks and archaeology.

Archive 2006-04-01 AYDIN 2006

Their most lucrative market was to the south, where the Peruvian nobility depended on the Manteño to provide them with the ritually important Spondylus (thorny oyster) shell.

In the Wake of Ancient Mariners 2002

_The large rough_ Oyster, _or Spondylus_, Paho'öa.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

The Spondylus shell from the Aegean Sea was a special item of trade.

NYT > Home Page By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD 2009

The Spondylus shell from the Aegean Sea was a special item of trade.

post-gazette.com - News 2009

The Spondylus shell from the Aegean Sea was a special item of trade.

NYT > Home Page 2009

The Spondylus shell from the Aegean Sea was a special item of trade.

NYT > Home Page 2009

The Spondylus shell from the Aegean Sea was a special item of trade.

NYT > Home Page 2009

Oct. 15 - The Guam Gallery of Art and the Chamorro Artists Association present their fourth Orange Night, Spondylus Night, from 6 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 24 at The Guam Gallery of Art at the Chamorro Village in Hagåtña, during Arts and Humanities Month, in celebration of the Chamorro culture and in remembrance of their ancestors.

guampdn.com - Local News 2008