Marine snails were the source of the precious purple dye, painstakingly collected one drop at a time, that became the symbolic color of royalty. Shells may also have served as models for the ...

a follower and slide Snail/drop Snail or drop cams have the appearance of a snail shell. It causes the follower to remain stationary for half a turn before gently rising and suddenly falling.

This is an ammonite. Ammonites were once sea creatures with squid-like tentacles and a curly shell like a snail. They lived at the same time as dinosaurs. When an ammonite died, its shell would ...

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