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Calico Scallop (Alternative names: Peale's Scallop, Magpie Scallop) - Argopecten gibbus

Calico Scallop (Alternative names: Peale's Scallop, Magpie Scallop) (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole shell, fan or dis...

Tortoiseshell Limpet or Flame Limpet - Acmaea mitra (White Cap Limpet) or Scurria altivelis (Tortoiseshell Limpet)

Tortoiseshell Limpet or Flame Limpet (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, cap-shaped or conical shape)

Tortoiseshell Limpet or Flame Limpet (also known as Speckled Limpet) - Scutellastra ferruginea

Tortoiseshell Limpet or Flame Limpet (also known as Speckled Limpet) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, conical shape w...

Tortoiseshell Limpet or Scurria - Scurria scurra

Tortoiseshell Limpet or Scurria (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, conical shape)

Calico Scallop (Alternate names: Common American Scallop) - Argopecten gibbus

Calico Scallop (Alternate names: Common American Scallop) (Bivalve, whole single valve, fan or disc-shaped)

Thorny Oyster (also known as Spiny Oyster) - Spondylus americanus (Atlantic Thorny Oyster)

Thorny Oyster (also known as Spiny Oyster) (Bivalve, whole shell with irregular, fan-like shape and prominent spines)

Little Star Shell or Spiny Star Shell (also known as Star Shell) - Astralium phoebium

Little Star Shell or Spiny Star Shell (also known as Star Shell) (Gastropod univalve, whole shell with a distinct circul...

Coquina Clam (Butterfly Bean Clam) - Donax variabilis

Coquina Clam (Butterfly Bean Clam) (Bivalve, whole shell, triangular fan shape)

Transverse Ark (Alternate names: Transverse Ark Clam) - Anadara transversa

Transverse Ark (Alternate names: Transverse Ark Clam) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, elongated oval shape)

Butter Clam or Cross-barred Venus Clam - Chione cancellata

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

Egg Cockle (also known as Isocardia Cockle) - Laevicardium mortoni

Egg Cockle (also known as Isocardia Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole shell, inflated oval-to-globular shape)

Quahog, Northern Quahog, Hard Clam - Mercenaria mercenaria

Quahog, Northern Quahog, Hard Clam (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, rounded to oval shape)

Egg Cockle (also commonly known as the Giant Atlantic Cockle or Smooth Cockle) - Laevicardium mortoni (Morton's Egg Cockle) or possibly a juvenile/smooth variant of Dinocardium robustum

Egg Cockle (also commonly known as the Giant Atlantic Cockle or Smooth Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, infl...

Yellow Cockle (also known as the Isocardia Heart Cockle or Atlantic Egg Cockle) - Laevicardium laevigatum

Yellow Cockle (also known as the Isocardia Heart Cockle or Atlantic Egg Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole valve, rou...

Cross-barred Venus Clam - Chione cancellata

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

Giant Atlantic Cockle (Common Atlantic Cockle) - Dinocardium robustum

Giant Atlantic Cockle (Common Atlantic Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, fan/heart shape)

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

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

Wentletrap-like Trochid or Button Snail (specifically a form of pheasant shell or small top shell, but let us accurately identify the Button Snail or similar) - Tectus virgulatus or related Trochidae species

Wentletrap-like Trochid or Button Snail (specifically a form of pheasant shell or small top shell, but let us accurately...

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

Coquina Clam (Butterfly Shell, Variable Coquina) (Bivalve, single valve, fan/wedge shape)

Moon Shell Clam (Predated Bivalve / Shark Eye / Sunray Venus Valve) - Macrocallista nimbosa (Likely valve, showing a predatory drill hole)

Moon Shell Clam (Predated Bivalve / Shark Eye / Sunray Venus Valve) (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole single valve (hal...

Cross-barred Venus Clam - Chione cancellata

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

Edible Cockle (Common Cockle) - Cerastoderma edule

Edible Cockle (Common Cockle) (Bivalve, whole shell, heart-shaped when viewed from the side, inflated rounded form)

Prickly Cockle, also known as the Isocardia Heart Cockle or Egg Cockle - Trachycardium egmontianum

Prickly Cockle, also known as the Isocardia Heart Cockle or Egg Cockle (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole shell, heart-s...

Calico Scallop (also known as the Calico Clam) - Argopecten gibbus

Calico Scallop (also known as the Calico Clam) (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole shell, asymmetrical fan-shaped valve)

Ribbed Mussel (also known as the Atlantic Ribbed Mussel) - Geukensia demissa

Ribbed Mussel (also known as the Atlantic Ribbed Mussel) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, asymmetrical oblong or wed...

Alphabet Cone (also known as Alphabet Conus) - Conus alphonsi

Alphabet Cone (also known as Alphabet Conus) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, conical shape)

Crown Conch (Melongena corona) - Melongena corona

Crown Conch (Melongena corona) (Gastropod, whole shell, spiral shape)

Crown Conch - Melongena corona

Crown Conch (Gastropod (univalve) with a spiral shape)

Crown Conch (Melongena corona) - Melongena corona

Crown Conch (Melongena corona) (Gastropod (univalve) with a spiral shape, whole shell)

Zebra Nerite / Zebra Snail - Vittina virginea

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

Turban Shell (also commonly known as Turban Snail or Green Turban) - Turbo chrysostomus

Turban Shell (also commonly known as Turban Snail or Green Turban) (Gastropod (univalve snail), whole shell, turbinate o...

Knobbed Whelk (also known as Knobbed Giant Whelk) - Busycon carica

Knobbed Whelk (also known as Knobbed Giant Whelk) (Gastropod univalve with a spiral shape, whole shell)

Button Snail, also known as the Pyramidal Snail or Sundial Snail - Architectonica nobilis

Button Snail, also known as the Pyramidal Snail or Sundial Snail (Gastropod, whole shell, flat-spired disc shape)

Wentletrap, Noble Wentletrap, or Sundial Snail - Architectonica nobilis

Wentletrap, Noble Wentletrap, or Sundial Snail (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, flattened spiral disc shape)

American Star Shell, also known as the Long-spined Star Shell - Lithopoma americana

American Star Shell, also known as the Long-spined Star Shell (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell with a turbinate or dep...

Tegula Shell, also known as Top Snail - Tegula funebralis (Black Turban Snail)

Tegula Shell, also known as Top Snail (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, conical shape)

Checkered Periwinkle (also known as the Tretorn or Zebra Periwinkle) - Littorina scutulata

Checkered Periwinkle (also known as the Tretorn or Zebra Periwinkle) (Gastropod, whole spiral shell)

Checkered Nerite, also known as the Common Nerite or Tessellated Nerite - Nerita tessellata

Checkered Nerite, also known as the Common Nerite or Tessellated Nerite (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate ...

American Star Shell (Also known as the Long-spined Star Shell or Stella) - Lithopoma americanum (formerly Astraea americana)

American Star Shell (Also known as the Long-spined Star Shell or Stella) (Gastropod univalve, whole shell with a heavy, ...

Green Turban Snail (also known as the Snakehead Turban) - Lunella smaragdus

Green Turban Snail (also known as the Snakehead Turban) (Gastropod, whole shell, spiral shape)

Scotch Bonnet (Also known as the Banded Tun or Atlantic Scotch Bonnet) - Phalium granulatum

Scotch Bonnet (Also known as the Banded Tun or Atlantic Scotch Bonnet) (Gastropod (univalve snail), whole shell, ovate o...

Common Atlantic Baby Ear, also known as Paper Fig Shell or Common Sundial relative - Ficus papyratia

Common Atlantic Baby Ear, also known as Paper Fig Shell or Common Sundial relative (Gastropod univalve, whole shell with...