Urchin shells
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2023
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To be more specific on the terminology they are sea urchin tests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_(biology)
Yes, missing the spines.
Yes they look like sea urchin. However, the live ones look like the black shapes.
Not all urchins look like that, there's a lot of different types
Fun fact: we call them "sea hedgehogs" in Hungarian.
Jellyfish maybe?