The story for kids
These are seashells. A shell is the home and the armor of a sea snail or a mussel, and the animal grows it all by itself. The shell gets bigger as the animal grows.
Facts
- A shell is the animal's home and armour, and it grows the shell itself.
- The shell grows along with the animal, ring by ring.
- Hold some shells to your ear and you hear the sea, but it is really the noise around you.
Numbers
- Size
- 2–30 cm
- Live
- On the sea floor