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Ocean Quahog (also known as Mahogany Clam, Black Clam, or Icelandic Cyprina) - Arctica islandica

Ocean Quahog (also known as Mahogany Clam, Black Clam, or Icelandic Cyprina) (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole single v...

Fighting Conch - Strombus alatus

Fighting Conch (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, spiral shape with flared outer lip)

Reticulated House Rock Shell, also known as the West Indian Tufted Rock Shell or Melon Conch - Vasum turbinellus

Reticulated House Rock Shell, also known as the West Indian Tufted Rock Shell or Melon Conch (Gastropod (univalve snail)...

Cat's Eye Operculum (also known as Turban Shell Operculum or Snake's Eye) - Turbo petholatus

Cat's Eye Operculum (also known as Turban Shell Operculum or Snake's Eye) (Gastropod operculum (trapdoor), whole, oval t...

Cat's Eye Turban Operculum (also known as Cat's Eye, Shiva's Eye) - Turbo petholatus

Cat's Eye Turban Operculum (also known as Cat's Eye, Shiva's Eye) (Gastropod operculum (calcareous trapdoor, oval/convex...

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

Bleeding Tooth Nerite (also known as the Common Bleeding Tooth) (Gastropod univalve, whole shell, globose or hemispheric...

Atlantic Dove Shell (or similar small bivalve/scallop shell) - Unidentified small juvenile bivalve (Confidence level: Moderate due to small image resolution)

Atlantic Dove Shell (or similar small bivalve/scallop shell) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole small shell, fan shape)

Lightning Whelk (Left-Handed Whelk) - Busycon sinistrum

Lightning Whelk (Left-Handed Whelk) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, spiral shape with a prominent long canal)

Scotch Bonnet - Semicassis granulata

Scotch Bonnet (Gastropod (spiral, rounded, globose shape))

Lettered Olive (Variable Olive) - Oliva sayana

Lettered Olive (Variable Olive) (Gastropod (univalve) whole shell with a smooth, cylindrical, and streamlined spiral sha...

Spiny Oyster, Atlantic Thorny Oyster - Spondylus americanus

Spiny Oyster, Atlantic Thorny Oyster (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole upper valve, fan/irregular disc shape)

Lion's Paw Scallop - Nodipecten nodosus

Lion's Paw Scallop (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell valve, fan-shaped disc)

Auger Shell (also known as Terebra) - Terebra maculata (Marlin Spike Auger)

Auger Shell (also known as Terebra) (Gastropod, whole shell, elongate-turreted spiral shape)

Marbled Tower Shell, also known as the Turret Shell - Terebra maculata

Marbled Tower Shell, also known as the Turret Shell (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, spiral shape with high spires)

Melongena / Crown Conch or similar Melongenidae (often locally called crown conch or similar predatory gastropod, highly weathered) - Melongena corona (or similar Melongena species, confidence level: moderate due to heavy wear and atypical elongated appearance)

Melongena / Crown Conch or similar Melongenidae (often locally called crown conch or similar predatory gastropod, highly...

Wentletrap (specifically the Imperial Wentletrap or related large wentletrap species) - Epitonium scalare

Wentletrap (specifically the Imperial Wentletrap or related large wentletrap species) (Gastropod, whole shell, highly el...

Knobbed Whelk (also known as the Channeled Whelk or Busycon Whelk) - Busycon carica

Knobbed Whelk (also known as the Channeled Whelk or Busycon Whelk) (Gastropod, whole shell, spiral shape with prominent ...

Scotch Bonnet - Semicassis granulata

Scotch Bonnet (Gastropod (univalve) with a spiral shape)

Zebra Marginella, also known as the Common Marginella - Marginella zebra

Zebra Marginella, also known as the Common Marginella (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, glossy ovate-cylindrical...

Scotch Bonnet Fragment (Atlantic Scotch Bonnet) - Semicassis granulata

Scotch Bonnet Fragment (Atlantic Scotch Bonnet) (Gastropod (univalve) fragment, specifically a portion of the body whorl...

Not a shell, possibly a quartz or agate pebble - Not applicable (Mineral/Rock)

Not a shell, possibly a quartz or agate pebble (Not a shell (Mineral/Rock))

Common Atlantic Slipper Snail, also known as the Boat Shell or Slipper Limpet - Crepidula fornicata

Common Atlantic Slipper Snail, also known as the Boat Shell or Slipper Limpet (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, slippe...

Bleeding Tooth Nerite (worn or weathered fragment) - Plicopurpura patula (or heavily worn Nerita peloronta)

Bleeding Tooth Nerite (worn or weathered fragment) (Gastropod univalve shell fragment or heavily tumbled specimen, shape...

Fossil Shark Tooth (Heart-shaped appearance) - Otodus megalodon (or similar prehistoric lamniform shark, root/fragment)

Fossil Shark Tooth (Heart-shaped appearance) (Other (Fossilized shark tooth fragment, not technically a shell))

Atlantic Razor Clam (Common Razor Clam, Jackknife Clam) - Ensis directus

Atlantic Razor Clam (Common Razor Clam, Jackknife Clam) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell fragment, elongated tubular ...

Common Atlantic Slipper Shell (Alternate: Boat Shell) - Crepidula fornicata

Common Atlantic Slipper Shell (Alternate: Boat Shell) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, arched or cup-like domed shape...

Blue Mussel (also known as Common Mussel) - Mytilus edulis

Blue Mussel (also known as Common Mussel) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole paired shells, elongated wedge shape)

Not a seashell (Vertebrate bone fragment, likely fish neurocranium or mammalian bone) - Indeterminate vertebrate bone fragment

Not a seashell (Vertebrate bone fragment, likely fish neurocranium or mammalian bone) (Not a shell. This is a weathered ...

Fish Vertebra (Not a Shell) - Teleostei (Fish vertebra, specific species undetermined)

Fish Vertebra (Not a Shell) (Not a shell (Vertebral bone fragment from a teleost fish))

Money Cowrie or Ring Cowrie (often used as currency historically) - Monetaria moneta (or Monetaria annulus)

Money Cowrie or Ring Cowrie (often used as currency historically) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate and do...

Money Cowrie (also known as Monetaria moneta) - Monetaria moneta

Money Cowrie (also known as Monetaria moneta) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate or oval shape with a flatt...

Tiger Cowrie (also known as Leopard Cowrie) - Cypraea tigris

Tiger Cowrie (also known as Leopard Cowrie) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell with an oval, dome-shaped morpholog...

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

Tortoise Cowrie, also known as the Turtle Cowrie (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate/cylindrical shape)

Money Cowrie (also known as Monetaria moneta) - Monetaria moneta

Money Cowrie (also known as Monetaria moneta) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate and rounded shape)

Measled Cowrie (also known as the Atlantic Measled Cowrie or Deer Cowrie) - Macrocypraea zebra

Measled Cowrie (also known as the Atlantic Measled Cowrie or Deer Cowrie) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovat...

Pen Shell (Fan Shell) - Atrina rigida (Stiff Pen Shell)

Pen Shell (Fan Shell) (Bivalve, fragment, fan-shaped)

Black-lip Pearl Oyster (also known as the Black-lipped Pearl Shell) - Pinctada margaritifera

Black-lip Pearl Oyster (also known as the Black-lipped Pearl Shell) (Bivalve (two-shelled); whole shell, shown with the ...

Not a Seashell (Dried Syngnathid Fish - Pipefish skeleton/body) - Syngnathus spp. (Confidence: High for Pipefish dried specimen)

Not a Seashell (Dried Syngnathid Fish - Pipefish skeleton/body) (Not a mollusk shell; this is a dried bony fish skeleton...

Scotch Bonnet (also known as the Banded Bonnet) - Semicassis granulata

Scotch Bonnet (also known as the Banded Bonnet) (Gastropod (univalve). This is a whole, adult shell with an ovate, globo...

Scotch Bonnet (Alternate names: Banded Tun, Bonnet Shell) - Semicassis granulata

Scotch Bonnet (Alternate names: Banded Tun, Bonnet Shell) (Gastropod, whole shell, oval-globular spiral shape)

Cloth of Gold Cone (also known as the Textile Cone) - Conus textile

Cloth of Gold Cone (also known as the Textile Cone) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, cone-shaped)

Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin test or worn Cowrie/Abalone fragment, tentatively identified as a heavily worn Cowrie (Cypraeidae) or specifically a Flamingo Tongue fragment, but most closely resembling a heavily worn cowrie or possibly a tumbled fragment of a Strombus or Cypraea species displaying pink nacre. - Cypraea sp. (worn/tumbled)

Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin test or worn Cowrie/Abalone fragment, tentatively identified as a heavily worn Cowrie (Cyprae...