Where do seashells come from? [VID: Where do seashells come from? The shells you find on the beach were once home to small, soft-bodied creatures called mollusks. Clams, scallops, mussels and oysters are examples of mollusks. Mollusks live by absorbing salts and chemicals from the seawater around them. As they process these materials, they secrete calcium carbonate. This chemical solidifies outside of their body and gradually forms a hard outer shell. The shell is attached to the mollusk but is

Read below and comment your thoughts! ⬇️ . Seashells get their color from their environment and what they eat. As they are alive, they eat other mollusks, fish and invertebrates with varying nutrients. . Shells living in warmer water climates, tend to be brighter colors due to the diversity of their food sources, whereas shells living in colder water climates tend to have cooler colors with less diversity of food sources. . When the creature dies, these colors can start to fade due to lack of nu