Field guide No. 021

A giant conch on the beach opens onto a spiral staircase and a warm, lit doorway. Surprisingly roomy for a shell.

Shell accommodation

Sea views from every room.

A giant conch on the beach opens onto a spiral staircase and a warm, lit doorway. Surprisingly roomy for a shell.

Field noteHermit crabs moved into shells long before anyone with a staircase did. Scale is the only holdup.

Specimen
No. 021
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Where it doesn’t exist
A quiet beach, lights on after dark.
Nearest existing relative
A conch shell.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Spaces

Also possible, also breaking category