Initial Publication Date: February 23, 2015

Conch Shell


Model Description

Mollusca>Gastropoda

This shell belongs to one of a number of sea snails collectively referred to as "conch." It is a gastropod mollusk. It is a modern specimen.

Scanned by Dr. Franek Hasiuk's GeoFabLab (Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University) from the original unmarked specimen.

Scanned with the MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner set on "light." Multiscan functionality combined two full scans to make this model.

Submitted by: Franek Hasiuk, Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University

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