Stamp: Scorpion Spider Conch (Lambis scorpius) (Samoa 1979)

Scorpion Spider Conch (Lambis scorpius) (Samoa 1979)

18 July (Samoa ) within release Cowrie Shells goes into circulation Stamp Scorpion Spider Conch (Lambis scorpius) face value 3 Samoan tālā

Stamp Scorpion Spider Conch (Lambis scorpius) in catalogues
Michel: Mi:WS 414
Stamp Number: Sn:WS 494
Yvert et Tellier: Yt:WS 451

Stamp is square format.

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Country: Samoa
Date: 1979-07-18
Print: Photogravure
Perforation: comb 11½
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 3 Samoan tālā

Stamp Scorpion Spider Conch (Lambis scorpius) it reflects the thematic directions:

Marine life, or sea life or ocean life, refers to the plants, animals and other organisms that live in the salt water of the sea or ocean, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. At a fundamental level, marine life helps determine the very nature of our planet. Marine organisms produce much of the oxygen we breathe. Shorelines are in part shaped and protected by marine life, and some marine organisms even help create new land. Altogether there are 230,000 documented marine species, including over 16,000 species of fish, and it has been estimated that nearly two million marine species are yet to be documented. Marine species range in size from the microscopic, including plankton and phytoplankton which can be as small as 0.02 micrometres, to huge cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) which in the case of the blue whale reach up to 33 metres (109 feet) in length, being the largest known animal.

A seashell or sea shell, also known simply as a shell, is a hard, protective outer layer created by an animal that lives in the sea. The shell is part of the body of the animal. Empty seashells are often found washed up on beaches by beachcombers. The shells are empty because the animal has died and the soft parts have been eaten by another animal or have rotted out. The term seashell usually refers to the exoskeleton of an invertebrate (an animal without a backbone). Most shells that are found on beaches are the shells of marine mollusks, partly because many of these shells endure better than other seashells.

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