Sea Snail Painting

This is a painting of a tiny sea snail, measuring at around 3 mm. This minuscule creature flaps its wing structures in a characteristic figure of eight pattern, because of this movement it is also called a sea butterfly. The 'Limacina helicina' has insect-like acrobatics, it is a predatory mollusc that makes webs of mucus to filter feed on small plankton. These snails are essentially gelatinous and fragile. They have a shell made of calcium carbonate, when they reach the end of their life they sink to the ocean floor and create a carbon sink. Sea snails are affected by both ocean acidification and climate change. Recently a species of sea snail called, 'Echinolittorina punctate' that used to reside in the South of the Mediterranean Sea are now living off the South Coast of France. The sea snails are on the move, marine creatures are reacting to the rising ocean temperatures. Sea Snail, is made with watercolour, on paper. Ready to hang, no framing required.

Painting:Watercolor on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:15 W x 12 H x 1.2 D in

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