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This set of special stamps depicts four groups of seasheels which are found around Hong Kong’s shores:

Clam ($1.30)

The shells have two values and are usually ovate and rather compressed. They vary greatly in sizes. Most of them are burrowers in sand or mud but there are some free swimming species. They are filter feeders which strain out miunte plants and animals from water.

Cowrie ($2.50)

The cowrie shells have striking colours and colour patterns, graceful shapes and high gloss. They are small to large and ovate to cylindric ovate in shape. They grow spirally and the coils overlap so that each covers the one beneath it. Cowries are active at night when they feed on coral polyps, sponges and other small marine creatures, They have been used as a widespread form of currency in the past centuries.

Cone ($3.10)

Cones are often brilliantly coloured with various dots, patches or patterns. The incredible variety of motifs and colours laid down by the mantle of the animals endow these gracefully sculptured shells with unique characteristics. The animals are carnivorous. They catch and eat polycheate worms or fishes by the radula with poison gland.

Mures ($5)

Murexes are uaually solid and thick, various in shape, ovate to elongate with an elevated spire. The whorls usually have varices or nodules or tuberculated spines. Some of them are colourful, but their charm lies more in their ornamentation. They live commonly in the sand or on the rocks. They can be found in all seas, but are particularly abundant in tropical waters, on or close to coral reefs where they prey on other invertebrates.