All Sea Shells

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Keyhole Urchin / Sand Dollar (often referred to as 'mermaid's coins' or 'fairy money') - Encope emarginata or similar Mellitidae species (confidence level high for family, moderate for exact species due to small scale)

Keyhole Urchin / Sand Dollar (often referred to as 'mermaid's coins' or 'fairy money') (Echinoderm test (internal skelet...

Lion's Paw Scallop (fragment) - Nodipecten nodosus

Lion's Paw Scallop (fragment) (Bivalve fragment with a fan/disc shape)

Lion's Paw Scallop (also known as Nodipecten) - Nodipecten nodosus

Lion's Paw Scallop (also known as Nodipecten) (Bivalve, whole valve, fan-shaped)

Olive Shell, common olive - Oliva sayana

Olive Shell, common olive (Gastropod, whole shell, cylindrical or spindle-shaped spiral)

Crown Conch (King's Crown Conch) - Melongena corona

Crown Conch (King's Crown Conch) (Gastropod, whole shell, spiral shape with prominent spines)

Pen Shell (Noble Pen Shell or Amber Pen Shell) - Atrina rigida (Stiff Pen Shell) or Pinna carnea

Pen Shell (Noble Pen Shell or Amber Pen Shell) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole elongated wedge-shaped shell)

Razor Clam (also known as Jackknife Clam) - Ensis directus

Razor Clam (also known as Jackknife Clam) (Bivalve, whole shell pair (or paired valves shown together), elongated tubula...

Cross-barred Venus Clam - Chione cancellata

Cross-barred Venus Clam (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole shell, fan/rounded shape)

Button Snail / Button Shell - Neverita duplicata

Button Snail / Button Shell (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, globular and depressed spiral shape)

Atlantic Winged Oyster (also known as the Atlantic Pearl Oyster) - Pteria colymbus

Atlantic Winged Oyster (also known as the Atlantic Pearl Oyster) (Bivalve, whole shell with an asymmetrical, wing-like s...

Zigzag Scallop / Ziczac Scallop - Euvola ziczac

Zigzag Scallop / Ziczac Scallop (Bivalve, whole juvenile or small adult shell, fan/disc shaped)

Cross-barred Venus Clam - Chione cancellata

Cross-barred Venus Clam (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole valve, fan to oval shape)

Keyhole Limpet (Alternate common names: Shield Limpet) - Fissurella barbadensis (Barbados Keyhole Limpet)

Keyhole Limpet (Alternate common names: Shield Limpet) (Gastropod univalve. Whole shell, cap-shaped (patelliform) with a...

Zebra Pleuroploca or Common Atlantic Snail-like structure, specifically a Bleeding Tooth or Nerite fragment, wait let's properly identify this as a Plicatula or a young Chama, or more accurately, a bivalve fragment known as a Zebra Duck Clam or rather Plicatula gibbosa (Kitten's Paw) - Plicatula gibbosa

Zebra Pleuroploca or Common Atlantic Snail-like structure, specifically a Bleeding Tooth or Nerite fragment, wait let's ...

Antillean Slipper Limpet (also known as the Antillean Slipper Shell) - Crepidula antillarum

Antillean Slipper Limpet (also known as the Antillean Slipper Shell) (Gastropod (univalve) whole shell, cap-shaped or sl...

Button Snails, also commonly referred to as Prickly Star Snails or Toothed Star Shells - Astraea caelata (or Lithopoma caelatum)

Button Snails, also commonly referred to as Prickly Star Snails or Toothed Star Shells (Gastropod univalve, whole shells...

Zebra Nerite, also known as Black-and-White Nerite - Nerita fulgurator

Zebra Nerite, also known as Black-and-White Nerite (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shells, oval/globular spiral shape...

Zebra Nerite, also known as Zebra Neritina - Vittina turrita (formerly Neritina natalensis or Vittina natalensis in the trade)

Zebra Nerite, also known as Zebra Neritina (Gastropod (freshwater/brackish snail), whole shell, globular spiral shape)

Zebra Nerite, Zebra Neritina - Neritina natalensis

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

Baby's Ear Abalone or Paper Ear Shell - Haliotis tuberculata (Green Ormer)

Baby's Ear Abalone or Paper Ear Shell (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, flattened ear-like shape)

Atlantic Dove Snail (also known as the Common Dove Snail) - Mitrella lunata

Atlantic Dove Snail (also known as the Common Dove Snail) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, spiral shape)

Common Atlantic Cockle (also known as the Egg Cockle) - Trachycardium egmontianum

Common Atlantic Cockle (also known as the Egg Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole single valve, fan/rounded shape...

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

Blue Mussel (also known as Common Mussel or Edible Blue Mussel) (Bivalve, whole shell valve, elongated or wedge-shaped f...

Little Pink Bivalve / Tellin or Donax - Donax variabilis (Coquina clam) or similar small tellin

Little Pink Bivalve / Tellin or Donax (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole valve, disc to wedge shape)

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

Atlantic Cockle (also known as Common Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole single valve, fan/heart-shaped disk)

Atlantic Calico Scallop (also known as Calico Scallop) - Argopecten gibbus

Atlantic Calico Scallop (also known as Calico Scallop) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole individual valve, fan-shaped disc)

Atlantic Deep-Sea Scallop (also commonly known as sea scallop) - Placopecten magellanicus

Atlantic Deep-Sea Scallop (also commonly known as sea scallop) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, fan-shaped disc)

Atlantic Calico Scallop (also known simply as Calico Scallop) - Argopecten gibbus

Atlantic Calico Scallop (also known simply as Calico Scallop) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, fan-shaped)

Bleeding Tooth Nerite (specifically the operculum) - Plicopurpura patula or related Nerita species (operculum identified as a 'Cat's Eye' or specific operculum)

Bleeding Tooth Nerite (specifically the operculum) (Gastropod operculum (trapdoor))

Shiva's Eye or Cat's Eye (Operculum of Turban Shell) - Turbo petholatus

Shiva's Eye or Cat's Eye (Operculum of Turban Shell) (Gastropod operculum (calcareous trapdoor))

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

Money Cowrie (also known as Money Cowry) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate or oval shape)

Egg Cowrie (also known as Ovula ovum or Common Egg) - Ovula ovum

Egg Cowrie (also known as Ovula ovum or Common Egg) (Gastropod (univalve) whole shell with an ovate or egg-like shape)

Four-banded Marginella (Marginella bidentata or Pustulatella) - Marginella bidentata

Four-banded Marginella (Marginella bidentata or Pustulatella) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, smooth and glossy ovat...

Pecten / Scallop shell - Argopecten irradians

Pecten / Scallop shell (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, fan-shaped)

Smooth Duck Clam (also known as the Little Surf Clam or Disk Surf Clam) - Rangia cuneata

Smooth Duck Clam (also known as the Little Surf Clam or Disk Surf Clam) (Bivalve (two-shelled clam); whole single valve,...

Cross-barred Venus Clam - Chione cancellata

Cross-barred Venus Clam (Bivalve, whole single valve, fan/rounded shape)

Zigzag Scallop (also known as the Little Spectacle Scallop or Calico Scallop) - Argopecten gibbus (or a closely related juvenile/small pectinid species)

Zigzag Scallop (also known as the Little Spectacle Scallop or Calico Scallop) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole individual v...

Rosy Dune Limpet or Red-tipped Limpet - Scutellastra lurida

Rosy Dune Limpet or Red-tipped Limpet (Gastropod, whole shell, conical univalve shape)

Rose Petal Tellin, also known as the Rose Tellin or Pink Tellin - Tellina lineata (or closely related Tellina species)

Rose Petal Tellin, also known as the Rose Tellin or Pink Tellin (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole shell, ovate to sub-t...

Common Atlantic Calico Clam (also known as the Pitted Donax or Wedge Shell) - Donax variabilis

Common Atlantic Calico Clam (also known as the Pitted Donax or Wedge Shell) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, wedge o...

Pacific Littleneck Clam (also known as the Common Littleneck, Rock Cockle, or Native Littleneck) - Protothaca staminea

Pacific Littleneck Clam (also known as the Common Littleneck, Rock Cockle, or Native Littleneck) (Bivalve (two-shelled c...

Pacific Giant Cockle (also known as the Egg Cockle) - Clinocardium nuttallii

Pacific Giant Cockle (also known as the Egg Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, fan/heart shape)