tritons
Sea snails, basically
Tritons are large sea snails with spiral shells, or the shells themselves, which can be blown like horns.
In Greek mythology, Triton was a merman deity who calmed or roused the seas by blowing a conch shell—giving the mollusks their name.
A triton is also a type of aquatic salamander, typically called a newt in everyday speech.
Greek sea deity
- NeptuneEighth planet or sea deity
- ProteusProphetic, transforming sea god
- OceanusTitan personifying earth's river-boundary
- ThetisGreek sea goddess
Pontus · merman · trident · messenger · herald · demigod · Scylla · Charybdis
Single-shelled soft creature
- sea snailSaltwater gastropod mollusk
- conchSpiral-shelled marine gastropod
- shellHard outer covering
- spiralCurve winding around center
whorl · operculum · radula · marine · mollusk · predatory · carnivorous · Indo-Pacific
Shaped three-dimensional art
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- fountainWater-spouting structure
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
marble · bronze · Hellenistic · Baroque · Renaissance · Bernini · pediment · frieze
Ceremonial brass announcement
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- Britten"Peter Grimes" creator
- nautical themeOcean-related decorative concept
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
call · blast · sounding · processional · Debussy · La Mer · oceanic · programmatic
Poseidon
Greek sea deity
- NeptuneEighth planet or sea deity
- ProteusProphetic, transforming sea god
- OceanusTitan personifying earth's river-boundary
Thetis · Pontus · merman · trident · messenger · herald · demigod · Scylla · Charybdis · myth
gastropod
Single-shelled soft creature
spiral · whorl · operculum · radula · marine · mollusk · predatory · carnivorous · Indo-Pacific · reef
sculpture
Shaped three-dimensional art
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- fountainWater-spouting structure
bas-relief · marble · bronze · Hellenistic · Baroque · Renaissance · Bernini · pediment · frieze · classical
fanfare
Ceremonial brass announcement
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- Britten"Peter Grimes" creator
- nautical themeOcean-related decorative concept
brass · call · blast · sounding · processional · Debussy · La Mer · oceanic · programmatic