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Bleeding Tooth Nerite (also known as the Common Bleeding Tooth) - Nerita peloronta

Bleeding Tooth Nerite (also known as the Common Bleeding Tooth) (Gastropod, whole shell, spiral shape)

Quahog Clam Fragment (Northern Quahog, Hard Clam, Mercenaria mercenaria) - Mercenaria mercenaria

Quahog Clam Fragment (Northern Quahog, Hard Clam, Mercenaria mercenaria) (Bivalve (two-shelled), shell fragment, fan or ...

Zebra Nerite / Red Nerite - Nerita pelintha

Zebra Nerite / Red Nerite (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, spiral shape)

Flamingo Tongue Shell Lip Fragment - Cyphoma gibbosum

Flamingo Tongue Shell Lip Fragment (Gastropod (snail/univalve), shell fragment consisting primarily of the outer lip/mar...

Crown Conch (also known as the Florida Crown Conch) - Melongena corona

Crown Conch (also known as the Florida Crown Conch) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, spiral shape)

Queen Conch Fragment (Juvenile Aliger gigas) - Aliger gigas (formerly Strombus gigas)

Queen Conch Fragment (Juvenile Aliger gigas) (Gastropod fragment, irregular shape with heavily weathered spiral structur...

Blood-tooth Bleeding Tooth (Nerita peloronta) - Nerita peloronta

Blood-tooth Bleeding Tooth (Nerita peloronta) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, hemispherical or globose shape)

Bleeding Tooth Nerite (also known as Bleeding Tooth Shell) - Plicopurpura patula

Bleeding Tooth Nerite (also known as Bleeding Tooth Shell) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, globular-spiral sha...

Bleeding Tooth Nerite (also known as the Blood-toothed Nerite) - Pelia peloronta (confidence level: high based on characteristic coloration and shape)

Bleeding Tooth Nerite (also known as the Blood-toothed Nerite) (Gastropod (univalve) whole shell with a heavy, thick rou...

Tortoise Cowrie, also known as the Turtle Cowrie - Mauritia testudinaria

Tortoise Cowrie, also known as the Turtle Cowrie (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate or cylinder-oval shape)

Coquina Clam (Butterfly Shell, Bean Clam) - Donax variabilis

Coquina Clam (Butterfly Shell, Bean Clam) (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole single valve, wedge-shaped or triangular)

Bleeding Tooth Nerite (alternate common names: Red-spotted Nerite, Common Bleeding Tooth) - Nerita peloronta

Bleeding Tooth Nerite (alternate common names: Red-spotted Nerite, Common Bleeding Tooth) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), w...

Fossilized Oyster Fragment / Rock Matrix - Ostrea sp. (fossilized)

Fossilized Oyster Fragment / Rock Matrix (Bivalve fragment embedded in sedimentary rock matrix)

Brain Coral (Often mistaken for a shell, actually a stony coral skeleton) - Diploria labyrinthiformis (Grooved brain coral)

Brain Coral (Often mistaken for a shell, actually a stony coral skeleton) (Stony Coral Skeleton (Cnidarian skeleton, not...

Pacific Calico Scallop (also known as the Circular Calico Scallop) - Argopecten circularis

Pacific Calico Scallop (also known as the Circular Calico Scallop) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, fan shape)

Pecten / Scallop - Argopecten irradians (Bay Scallop)

Pecten / Scallop (Bivalve, whole shell, fan shape)

Milk Snail (also known as the Girdled Snail) - Otala lactea

Milk Snail (also known as the Girdled Snail) (Gastropod land snail, whole shell, globose spiral shape)

Abalone (also known as Ormer or Paua) - Haliotis tuberculata (Green Ormer)

Abalone (also known as Ormer or Paua) (Gastropod (univalve) whole shell, flattened ear-shaped morphology)

Atlantic Giant Cockle (also known as Giant Atlantic Cockle) - Dinocardium robustum

Atlantic Giant Cockle (also known as Giant Atlantic Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled), single valve/fragment, fan or heart-...

Lightning Whelk (also known as Knobbed Whelk or Left-handed Whelk) - Busycon sinistrum

Lightning Whelk (also known as Knobbed Whelk or Left-handed Whelk) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, spiral shap...

Lettered Olive (Olive Shell) - Oliva sayana

Lettered Olive (Olive Shell) (Gastropod, whole shell, cylindrical or elongated spiral shape)

Nucleus Cowrie, also known as Nucleus Slug - Nuclearia nucleus

Nucleus Cowrie, also known as Nucleus Slug (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, inflated oval to subglobular shape)

Pacific Purple-lip or Violet Bean Clam (also known as Donax shell) - Donax punctatostriatus

Pacific Purple-lip or Violet Bean Clam (also known as Donax shell) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, wedge or bean-sh...

Egg Cowrie (also known as the Ovulum or Common Egg Shell) - Ovum ovum (or Ovula ovum)

Egg Cowrie (also known as the Ovulum or Common Egg Shell) (Gastropod (univalve snail), whole shell, smooth oval or infla...

Sea Glass (Not a Shell) - Artificial Glass Fragment

Sea Glass (Not a Shell) (Other - Anthropogenic Glass Fragment)

Little Coffee Bean (Coffee Bean Trivia) - Niveria pediculus

Little Coffee Bean (Coffee Bean Trivia) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate to globose shape)

Button Snail or Dwarf White Sundial - Architectonica nobilis

Button Snail or Dwarf White Sundial (Gastropod, whole shell, flattened spiral shape)

Zebra Nerite (also known as Zebra Nerite Snail shell) - Neritina zebra

Zebra Nerite (also known as Zebra Nerite Snail shell) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, globular to ovate shape ...

Heart Cockle or Strawberry Cockle - Corculum cardissa (most likely) or similar cardiid species

Heart Cockle or Strawberry Cockle (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, heart-shaped disc)

Atlantic Deer Cowrie, Measled Cowrie (alternate names include Cervone) - Macrocypraea zebra

Atlantic Deer Cowrie, Measled Cowrie (alternate names include Cervone) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate s...

Pear Whelk - Busycon spiratum

Pear Whelk (Gastropod (spiral univalve), whole shell, pear-shaped or pyriform morphology)

Bean Clam or Coquina Clam - Donax variabilis

Bean Clam or Coquina Clam (Bivalve, whole shell, triangular to wedge shape)

Zebra Nerite, sometimes called the Zebra Snails or Bleeding Tooth relative - Nerita fulgurator or Nerita versicolor (likely a Nerite species based on size and pattern)

Zebra Nerite, sometimes called the Zebra Snails or Bleeding Tooth relative (Gastropod (univalve snail), whole shell, ova...

Common Slipper Shell, also known as Atlantic Slipper Snail, Boat Shell, or Half-Deck Shell - Crepidula fornicata

Common Slipper Shell, also known as Atlantic Slipper Snail, Boat Shell, or Half-Deck Shell (Gastropod (univalve) whole s...

Pink Toothshell, also known as the Red Tusk Shell - Dentalium rubescens

Pink Toothshell, also known as the Red Tusk Shell (Scaphopod (tusk shell), whole shell, tubular and slightly curved shap...

Crown Conch fragment (or similar gastropod apex/whorl fragment) - Melongena corona (or related marine gastropod fragment)

Crown Conch fragment (or similar gastropod apex/whorl fragment) (Gastropod (univalve) shell fragment, specifically the a...

Fragum / Cockle Shell (Heart Cockle fragment or juvenile) - Fragum fragum (likely juvenile or fragment)

Fragum / Cockle Shell (Heart Cockle fragment or juvenile) (Bivalve (two-shelled), specifically a fragment or juvenile sh...

Measled Cockle (also known as Strawberry Cockle) - Trachycardium muricatum

Measled Cockle (also known as Strawberry Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, roughly heart-shaped/oval disc)

Zebra Nerite Snail Shell (or similar Nerite) - Neritina natalensis

Zebra Nerite Snail Shell (or similar Nerite) (Gastropod univalve, whole shell with a globose to oval spiral shape)

Unidentified Small Whelk or Drill Fragment - Uncertain due to heavy wear

Unidentified Small Whelk or Drill Fragment (Gastropod shell fragment, spiral shape)

Hebrew Cone (Lettered Cone) - Conus litteratus

Hebrew Cone (Lettered Cone) (Gastropod univalve fragment with a heavy, solid conical shape)

Zigzag Scallop / Calico Scallop - Argopecten gibbus

Zigzag Scallop / Calico Scallop (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole single valve, fan shape)