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Black-ribbed Limpet or Star Limpet (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, cap-shaped or conical shape)
Capitellum Cowrie or Isabellademas Cowrie (often known simply as the Isabellademas Cowrie) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), ...
Isabella Cowrie, also known as the Isabella Cowry or Mauritia isabella (Gastropod, whole shell, oval/cylindrical shape)
Nucleus Cowrie, also known as Nuclear Cowrie (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate and dome-shaped)
Tiger Cowrie (Gastropod, whole shell, oval-convex spiral shape with a flattened base and in-rolled aperture)
Mole Cowrie (Also known as Talparia talpa) (Gastropod univalve with an oval-cylindrical shell shape)
Money Cowrie or Ring Cowrie (Monetaria moneta) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate and rounded shape with a ...
Turban Shell (also known as Cat's Eye or Pipipi in Hawaiian) (Gastropod univalve, whole shell, turbinate or conical shap...
Checkered Nerite, Blood-spotted Nerite, or heavily worn/tumbled Cowrie or Olive shell (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole...
ISABELLA COWRIE (Nodular Cowrie / Nucleus Cowrie) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate and nodular shape with...
Money Cowrie (also known as Monetaria moneta) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, ovate and inflated shape)
Spider Conch (also known as Scorpion Conch or Chiragra Spider Conch) (Gastropod univalve, whole shell with a distinct sp...
Scallop Shell Fragment (Lion's Paw or Giant Atlantic Scallop) (Bivalve fragment with a flat to gently curved fan or ridg...
Common Limpet or Slipper Shell (Potential Identification: Crepidula fornicata or similar limpet/slipper shell) (Gastropo...
Atlantic Wing Oyster (also known as the Pteria Oyster) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell with asymmetrical wing shape)
Brain Coral / Star Coral (Skeletal remains, technically a cnidarian skeleton rather than a mollusk shell, but often coll...
Dove Shell (also known as Pyrene or Common Dove Shell) (Gastropod (univalve), whole spiral shell with a solid, fusiform ...
Common Atlantic Marginella or Smooth Doveshell (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, smooth and glossy oval shape wi...
Atlantic Wing Oyster (also known as the Pteria or Stride Oyster) (Bivalve, whole shell with irregular wing-like shape)
Shark Eye Operculum (Cat's Eye) (Gastropod operculum (calcified trapdoor))
Shark Tooth Fossil / Fossilized Shark Tooth (Fossil / Vertebrate tooth (Note: Not actually a shell or mollusk, but commo...
Flamingo Tongue Operculum / Cowrie Operculum (Gastropod operculum / shell fragment)
Lettered Olive (also known as the Common Olive) (Gastropod (univalve) with a smooth, cylindrical to spindle-shaped spira...
Dwarf Triton or Hairy Triton (alternate name: Canary Triton) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole small or juvenile shell ...
Pugilina or Crown Conch fragment / Spiny Jewel Box or similar thorny bivalve (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), specifically a...
Applegate's Triton, or more broadly a small triton or dwarf triton shell (Gastropod univalve, whole shell with spiral sh...
Atlantic Oyster Drill, also known as the Oyster Drill or Fouling Snail (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, spiral ...
Crown Conch / King's Crown (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, spiral shape with prominent shoulder spines)
Alphabet Cone (Alphabet Conic, Lettered Cone) (Gastropod univalve whole shell with a conical shape)
Lion's Paw Scallop (Alternative names: Nodipecten) (Bivalve (two-shelled), fragment/juvenile whole shell, fan-shaped dis...
Dwarf Triton or Coralline Gastropod Fragment (Gastropod, specifically a heavily eroded or encrusted fragment)
Wentletrap Worm Shell or Vermetid Gastropod (Gastropod (worm-like univalve), whole shell, tubular and irregularly coiled...
Scaphopod Fragment (Tusk Shell) (Scaphopod (tusk shell), fragment, tubular shape)
Atlantic Pyrite Shell / Fragment (Gastropod fragment, spiral shape)
Dwarf Triton, also known as the Orange Dwarf Triton (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, spiral shape)
Hairy Triton, or Hairy Drupe / Little Hairy Rock Shell (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, spiral shape with prominent s...
Crown Conch / Pear Whelk (Juvenile or Crowned Whelk) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, spiral shape)
Lightning Whelk (also known as the Left-Handed Whelk) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, elongated spiral shape with a ...
Common Atlantic Dove Shell (Gastropod univalve whole shell with a spiral shape)
Tulip Snail (Banded Tulip Shell) (Gastropod (univalve snail), whole juvenile shell, spiral spindle shape)
Atlantic Oyster Drill (also known as the Oyster Drill) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, spiral shape)
Pacific Lion's Paw Scallop (also known as Nodipecten subnodosus) (Bivalve (two-shelled, fan-shaped))
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