This photo sent to me by Patricia Whitfield who found this nautilus on Ormond Beach on January 25, 2013.
Patricia Whitfield was vacationing in Florida from Canada when she found this beautiful paper nautilus shell on Ormond Beach. What a lucky find! I’m wondering how many more people are finding these?
Here is a photo of the Argonaut octopus Patricia found near one of the shells. This is the octopus that creates the shell.
This is the Argonaut octopus found by Patricia Whitfield on Ormond Beach, FL in late January 2013.
Patricia was really lucky. Here are all of her great nautilus finds in January 2013:
Paper nautilus shells come in all sizes.
Keep the reports coming, beachcombers!
