Interesting Shells

Shells are exoskeletons of living creatures and have fascinated humans for millennia. Interesting Shells presents portraits of beautiful specimens from the Natural History Museum’s vast collections, each accompanied by a caption explaining their unique characteristics – whether biological, historical or geographical.

Author Biography

Andreia Salvador is senior curator of Marine Mollusca, at the Natural History Museum, London. She is responsible for the curation of the Museum’s marine gastropods collections, which is one of the largest resources of its kind in the world. Her research interests also include the history of collecting, voyages and expeditions in malacology, mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries.