TRITON SEASHELL

The Triton seashell inhabit temperate and tropical waters worldwide.11-12" in size, one of the most beautiful of all seashells, great for beach decor, tropical decor, beach cottage decor. Triton is the common name given to a number of very large sea snails, predatory marine gastropods in the genus Charonia. The name "triton" is also often applied to other, much smaller sea snails of the genus Cymatium, within the same family, Ranellidae.Tritons are named after the Greek god Triton, who was the son of Poseidon, god of the sea. Many people find triton shells attractive as a design object, and so they are collected and sold as part of the international shell trade. In recent years this has contributed to the animals' scarcity. From ancient times, people of many different cultures have removed the tip of the shell, or drilled a hole in the tip, and then used the shell as a trumpet.