Pearly Nautilus

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The Pearly Nautilus (Nautilus Pompilius) is the only living representative of a unique form of cephalopod, recorded in fossils for over 500 million years. The shell, pearly and beautifully colored, is spirally formed and consists of a series of chambers separated by curved cross plates thus exemplifies the “chambered shell". The nautilus is a bottom feeder on Crustaceans, usually in deep water.

Keywords

shell, nautilus, Cephalopod, Fossils, Nautilus pompilius, Pearly Nautilus

Galleries

Squid, Octopus, and Nautilus

Source

Winchell, Alexander Sketches of Creation (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1870)

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