A COLLECTION OF NINETEEN GIANT SEA SHELLS

including twelve large conch shells (the largest 30cm wide x 23cm high), four large crowned Pacific melon shell / diadema seashells (33cm, 27cm, 23cm and 12cm wide), a Giant Triton sea snail shell (Charonia tritonis, common name the Triton's trumpet), 25cm wide, and two Australian trumpet sea snail shells (Syrinx aruanus), 52cm and 45cm wide,

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Melon Diadema or sometimes called Bailer shells are found across the Indo-Pacific region. These are off-shore shells often found on sandy bottom sea floor. ... Early seafarers often used the Melon shells to bail water from there boats. Shells are melon color. They are sometimes called Ethiopian Volutes. Syrinx aruanus, common name the Australian trumpet or false trumpet, is a species of extremely large sea snail measuring up to 91 cm long and weighing up to 18 kg.