All Sea Shells
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Marlinspike Auger (also known as the Spotted Auger) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), high-spired elongated turret/cone shape...
Black Shield Limpet (also known as Keyhole Limpet or Carved Limpet) (Gastropod (univalve/limpet). It is a complete speci...
Queen Conch (also known as Pink Conch) (Gastropod (Univalve marine snail). Whole shell featuring a large, flared outer l...
Shark Eye, Northern Moon Snail, Atlantic Moon Snail (Gastropod (univalve snail), complete shell with missing operculum. ...
Dog Whelk (Atlantic Dogwinkle) (Gastropod (univalve sea snail); whole shell with spiral/oval shape)
Lightning Whelk (also known as Sinistral Whelk or Left-Handed Whelk) (Gastropod (univalve, left-handed/sinistral spiral ...
Noble Volute (Gastropod (univalve/marine snail). Whole shell with a heavy, solid, elongated spiral shape.)
Bailer Shell (specifically Melon Shell / Indian Volute) (Gastropod (univalve sea snail). This is a complete whole shell ...
Junonia (also known as the Junonia Volute) (Gastropod (univalve, marine sea snail). Complete spindle-shaped/fusiform she...
Tiger Cowrie (Gastropod (univalve/snail). Whole shell, egg-shaped/ovoid with an inflated, highly glossy dome.)
Map Cowrie (Gastropod (univalve snail). Whole shell, oval/egg-shaped dome shell.)
Alphabet Cone (or Leopard Cone / Lettered Cone derivative) (Gastropod (univalve / sea snail). Whole specimen with classi...
Silver-Mouth Turban (also known as Marbled Turban or Tapestry Turban Shell) (Gastropod (Univalve) - Whole shell with vis...
Arabic Volute (also known as the Arabian Volute) (Gastropod (univalve sea snail). Whole specimen with a solid fusiform/e...
Queen Conch (Eroded/Fossilized Lip Fragment) (Gastropod (univalve) fragment; specifically an eroded piece of the flared ...
Sundial Shell (Common Sundial, Clear Sundial) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell shown in apical (top-down view), ...
Chestnut Turban Operculum (Cat's Eye) (Gastropod Operculum (a calcareous trapdoor/lid structure, not the outer shell bod...
Hard Clam, Quahog, Northern Quahog, Round Clam (Bivalve (single valve, exterior view). Shape is thick, heavy, subovate t...
Ocean Quahog (also known as Quahog, Black Clam, Mahogany Clam) (Bivalve (single valve shown, disarticulated); rounded to...
Quahog (Northern Quahog, Hard Clam) (Bivalve (single valve, exterior side view). Shape is ovate-trigonal (thick, rounded...
Atlantic Deer Cowrie (also known as the Deer Cowry) (Gastropod (univalve / marine snail). Whole shell, classic egg-shape...
Pink Sea Urchin Test (Sea Biscuit / Alfonso Urchin) (Echinoderm exoskeleton (Test). Shape: Globular / hemispherical test...
Flat Zirfaea or White Dosinia (Common Venus Clam) (Bivalve; these are single valves (separated halves). Shape is discoid...
Calico Scallop (Atlantic Calico Scallop) (Bivalve (Fan-shaped single valve))
Atlantic Surf Clam (also known as Hen Clam, Bar Clam, or Skimmer Clam) (Bivalve (single valve shown). Triangular/ovate s...
Broad Atlantic Augur (alternate: Gray Augur) (Gastropod; whole shell; high-spired/elongate conical shape)
Coral Rock (Petrified/Weathered Coral Fragment) (Coral Skeletal Fragment (Calcium Carbonate Exoskeleton))
Carrier Shell / Cement Shell (Agglutinated specimen) (Gastropod (snail) - Agglutinated/Encrusted specimen)
Coquina, Wedge Shell, or Bean Clam (Bivalve (Clam/Two-shelled); Wedge-shaped/Triangular)
Coquina, Wedge Shell, Butterfly Shell (Bivalve (two-shelled). Specimen is a single valve (one half), wedge-shaped and sl...
Angular Wentletrap or Carrier Snail fragment (with encrustations) (Gastropod (snail/univalve); Fragment with heavy miner...
Snipe's Head Murex (also known as the Snipe-bill Murex) (Gastropod (univalve); Spiral with a very long siphonal canal; W...
Spotted Babylon or Indian Babylon (often called 'Ivory Shell') (Gastropod (univalve); Spiral-ovate whole shell with a po...
Calico Scallop (Sun-bleached / Fossilized appearance) (Bivalve (Two-shelled); Fan-shaped/Subcircular; Single valve prese...
Atlantic Strawberry Cockle (Bivalve (Two-shelled); this is a single valve (half of a whole shell), fan-shaped/triangular...
Extinct Oyster (Fossilized Eastern Oyster) (Bivalve (Fragment); Fossilized oyster hinge/beak portion)
Quahog (Hard-shell Clam) Fragment (specifically a 'Mercenaria' shard) (Bivalve (Fragment); Wedge-shaped shard of a heavy...
Coquina, Variable Coquina, Donax Clam (Bivalve (single valve shown); wedge-shaped or triangular.)
Broad-Ribbed Carditid (also known as the Broad-Ribbed Cardita) (Bivalve (clams, scallops, etc.); Single valve present; S...
Chestnut Cowrie (Gastropod (Univalve); Oval/Globose shape with a narrow, toothed aperture.)
Veined Rapa Whelk (also known as the Rapana or Asian Rapa Whelk) (Gastropod (univalve snail) with a heavy, globose spira...
Screw Shell, Great Screw Shell, Awl Shell (Gastropod (univalve); Spiral/Auger-shaped. This is a whole shell specimen.)