Helen Scales Photo: Ria Mishaal
Marine biologist Helen Scales celebrates the beauty and usefulness of seashells in her book Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells.
As home to many molluscs and bivalves – lots of them delicious! – shells have been of great use and value to us humans over our history.
She talks with Simon Morton:
Giant clam Photo: Brian Hobgood CC 3.0
Thorny Oyster Photo: Brian Hobgood CC BY-SA 3.0
Dardanus Pedunculatus hermit crab Photo: Brian Hobgood CC 3.0
