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2025-06-16 04:36:01
🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️
-THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE-
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On #WorldOceansDay, people around our blue planet celebrate and honor the ocean, which connects us all.
Shells can be found in every ocean from the polar regions to the tropics, and every major area of the world has some unique to its geographical boundaries. A shell is a hard, limy exoskeleton providing a protective covering for a mollusk.
The formation of variously colored and shaped shells is influenced by the environmental conditions, particularly water temperature and degree of salinity. These stamps were issued together as a special booklet in April 1985. Each booklet included a pair of the following five shells:
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• Calico Scallop; a bivalve shell that could be found along the coast from Carolina to Texas
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• Frilled Dogwinkle; a univalve shell common to the west coast from Alaska to California
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• Lightning Whelk; a univalve shell which had the same geographical boundaries as the Calico scallop
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• Reticulated Helmet; a univalve shell which could be found along the coast from Texas to Brazil
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• New England Neptune; a bivalve shell that could be found along the coast from Canada to Massachusetts
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