scientificillustration:Murex alabaster1 by Martin Schuler - Illustration and Design on Flickr.“Every April the San Diego Shell Club hosts a shell auction to provide operating funds for the year (newsletters, library acquisitions, etc). I decided to make and donate an illustration of a rather ornate shell named Murex alabaster. This was done in pen and ink using a 4X0 kohinoor rapidograph pen. The scan does not do the illustration justice as the stippling and shades are more refined then the scan displays. Size of the illustration is 8 1/2 X 11 on white museum board. I will mat and frame the illustration before the auction.”