Shellfish, Crustaceans & Mollusks On Stamps

In 1996, New Zealand issued "Seashore" booklets of ten different stamps in both traditional gum and self-adhesive formats. One of the stamps from both of these booklets depicts a red rock crab (Guinusia chabrus).

Malaysia
Stamp Week
November 10, 2001
Set of four, two stamps depict Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas) and Horned Helmet Shell (Cassis cornuta).

This $1 value (S.G. #34) from The Australian Antarctic Territory's December 30, 1973 pictorial set of 12 stamps, depicts an oceanic struggle between a sperm whale and a giant squid (Architeuthis dux).

From Wikipedia, "Recent genetic research suggests that only one (giant squid) species exists...In 2004, Japanese researchers took the first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat, and in July 2012, a live adult was first filmed in its natural habitat off Chichijima, Japan"

On October 7, 1998 New Zealand released a set of eight stamps publicizing the International Year of the Ocean. One of the stamps (S.G. #2209) depicts a giant squid (Architeuthis dux).

This October 31, 2008, self-adhesive $1.20 Christmas stamp (Sc #476) of Christmas Island shows a cartoonish coconut, or robber crab (Birgus latro) stealing presents.

Here is the 50 drachma value (Sc #1618a) from Greece's March 2, 1988 set of five Marine Life stamps. Stamp depicts a brine shrimp (Artemia salina).

From wikipedia, "Artemia, the only species of the family Artemidae, has changed little externally since the Triassic period. Artemia populations are found worldwide in inland saltwater lakes, but not in oceans."

Christmas Island
Crabs
August 17, 2020
The stamp set depicts Bright-Eyed Crab (Chiromantes garfunkel), Kuhl's Ghost Crab (Ocypode kuhlii), Red Nipper (Geograpsus stormi), White-Striped Crab (Labuanium vitatum).

Tuvalu
Crustacean
May 30, 2018
The minisheet depicts Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), a species of terrestrial hermit crab and the largest land-living arthropod in the world.

Oman
Marine Shells of Oman
December 26, 2001
The stamp set depicts Nassarius coronatus, Epitoneum pallasii, Cerithium caeruleum, Cerithidea cingulata.

Cayman Islands
Seashells
August 12, 1980
The stamp set depicts Atlantic Thorny Oyster (Spondylus americanus), West Indian Murex (Murex brevifrons), Angular Triton (Cymatium femorale), Caribbean Vase (Vasum muricatum).

Dominican Republic
Seashells
December 16, 1998
The stamp set features Vega's Lyria (Lyria vegai), Queen Conch (Lobatus gigas), West Indian Top Shell (Cittarium pica), Bleeding Tooth (Nerita peloronta).

Beautiful stamps

Thanks for sharing them with us.

Dianne

Honduras
Seashells
July 19, 2004
The stamp set depicts Voluta polypleura, Strombus gallus, Charonia vanegata, Spondylus americanus, Strombus raninus.

Aitutaki
Marine Research Center - Clams
July 25, 2011
80c and 90c: Maxima Clam (Tridacna maxima)
$1.10 and $1.20: Southern Giant Clam (Tridacna derasa)

Pitcairn Islands
World Wildlife Fund
October 31, 2012
The stamp set features Fluted Giant Clam (Tridacna squamosa), a large clam species native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian Oceans.