Editing Seashell (section)

==== Art ====
[[File:Aphrodite Anadyomene Louvre CA2288.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Aphrodite]], 1st century BC, 13&nbsp;cm, 5&nbsp;in]]
A very large outdoor sculpture at [[Akkulam]] of a gastropod seashell is a reference to the sacred chank shell ''[[Turbinella pyrum]]'' of India. In 2003, [[Maggi Hambling]] designed a striking 13&nbsp;ft (4 m) high sculpture of a [[scallop]] shell which stands on the beach at [[Aldeburgh]], in England. The goddess of love, [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]] or [[Aphrodite]], is often traditionally depicted rising from the sea on a seashell.  In ''[[The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)|The Birth of Venus]]'', [[Botticelli]] depicted the goddess [[Venus (goddess)|Venus]] rising from the ocean on a [[scallop]] shell.

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File:Akkulam shanku.jpg|Enormous seashell sculpture at [[Akkulam]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]], India
File:The Scallop, Maggi Hambling, Aldeburgh.jpg|Large sculpture of a [[scallop]] on the beach at [[Aldeburgh]], by [[Maggi Hambling]], 2003
File:Albertus Seba Muscheln.jpg|Illustration from an 18th-century book, edited by [[Albertus Seba]]. These decorative arrangements were a popular way to display seashells at the time
File:Hendrick Goltzius - Portrait of the Haarlem Shell Collector Jan Govertsen van der Aer - Google Art Project.jpg|Portrait of the Shell Collector Jan Govertsen van der Aer, by [[Hendrick Goltzius]] (1603)
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