Tasmanian Museum’s rare left-handed seashell find emerged after eight-year-old Zora unearthed the 1-in-20 spiral at a holiday “show and shell” in Hobart. The minuscule Sinutor incertum, coiling against the norm, was hidden for five decades in a tray of kelp grit.

Shell grit from 1972 yielded this natural twist: Zora’s three-minute search rewrote seashell lore and put her name in the museum’s database. Rare seashell collection buffs will note—less than 20 exist—making this oddity a real needle in a mollusc haystack.