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

Egg Cowrie (also known as Ovula ovum or Common Egg Shell) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, smooth oval or egg-s...

Cup-and-Saucer Snail (also known as the Spiny Slipper Shell) - Crucibulum striatum

Cup-and-Saucer Snail (also known as the Spiny Slipper Shell) (Gastropod (univalve) whole shell with a conical or cap-sha...

Fighting Conch - Strombus pugilis (or Aliger pugilis)

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

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

Black-lipped Pearl Oyster (also known as the Black-lip Pearl Shell) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole individual valve showi...

Northern Moon Snail (also known as Shark Eye) - Euspira heros (formerly Lunatia heros)

Northern Moon Snail (also known as Shark Eye) (Gastropod, whole shell, globose or spiral shape)

Button Snail, also known as Atlantic Button Snail - Umbonium vestiarium

Button Snail, also known as Atlantic Button Snail (Gastropod, whole shell, spiral and depressed globose shape)

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

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

Money Cowrie (Money Shell, Gold-ringed Cowrie) - Monetaria moneta

Money Cowrie (Money Shell, Gold-ringed Cowrie) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate and rounded shape with a ...

Atlantic Deer Cowrie or Measly Cowrie (also known as the Deer Cowrie) - Macrocypraea cervus

Atlantic Deer Cowrie or Measly Cowrie (also known as the Deer Cowrie) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, ovate to...

Cockle Shell (Painted/Craft Shell) - Trachycardium egmontianum (Prickly Cockle, likely species prior to alteration)

Cockle Shell (Painted/Craft Shell) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole individual valves, fan-shaped with radial ribs)

Pacific Little-neck Clam (also known as the Cracker Clam or Manila Clam) - Venerupis philippinarum

Pacific Little-neck Clam (also known as the Cracker Clam or Manila Clam) (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole single valve...

Cockle Shell (Heart Cockle / Strawberry Cockle) - Trachycardium egmontianum (Prickly Cockle) or general Fulvia/Dinocardium species

Cockle Shell (Heart Cockle / Strawberry Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole valve, fan/heart shape)

Cockle Shell (also commonly known as Heart Cockle) - Vasticardium asiaticum

Cockle Shell (also commonly known as Heart Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole single valve, fan/heart-shaped)

Gold-painted or modified shell (likely Nerite or small cowrie) - Uncertain due to artificial coating

Gold-painted or modified shell (likely Nerite or small cowrie) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell with spiral/glob...

Muricoid or Figured Cone / Nodose Shell (Craft-altered silver painted specimen) - Uncertain due to artificial coating, potentially a Muricidae or Columbellidae family member

Muricoid or Figured Cone / Nodose Shell (Craft-altered silver painted specimen) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell...

Silver-painted Conical and Whelk-like Shells (Craft or Altered Shells) - Uncertain due to artificial alteration

Silver-painted Conical and Whelk-like Shells (Craft or Altered Shells) (Gastropod (univalve) whole shells, painted or me...

Blue Mussel fragments (or similar bivalve/barnacle remains with artificial or mineral staining) - Mytilus edulis (Confidence level: Low, as specimens are heavily weathered fragments)

Blue Mussel fragments (or similar bivalve/barnacle remains with artificial or mineral staining) (Bivalve fragments, irre...

Blue Mussel or Violet Snail fragments, though most accurately representing heavily weathered and pigmented fragments of the Australian Blue Mussel or alternatively Oyster/Barnacle fragments dyed naturally. Given the distinctive deep violet-blue color and radial ribbing found in certain bivalves and chitons from New South Wales, these are characteristic valve fragments of the Sydney Rock Oyster or related sub-fossilized/pigmented marine bivalve fragments. - Saccostrea glomerata (Sydney Rock Oyster - fragments)

Blue Mussel or Violet Snail fragments, though most accurately representing heavily weathered and pigmented fragments of ...

Tiger Lucine (also known as Tiger Clam) - Codakia tigrina

Tiger Lucine (also known as Tiger Clam) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, rounded to slightly subcircular fan shape)

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

Blood-tooth Nerite (also known as the Bleeding Tooth Nerite) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, hemispherical or ...

Calico Clam, also known as the Calico Scallop or Calico-patterned Bivalve - Argopecten gibbus (or related Pacific calico/pebble clam species)

Calico Clam, also known as the Calico Scallop or Calico-patterned Bivalve (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole shell, fan/...

Zebra Nerite / Banded Nerite (also known as the Ornate Nerite) - Nerita ornata

Zebra Nerite / Banded Nerite (also known as the Ornate Nerite) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, spiral shape)

Banded Dove Snail (also known as the Lined Dove Shell or Columbella) - Columbella strombiformis

Banded Dove Snail (also known as the Lined Dove Shell or Columbella) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, spiral shape)

Pacific Strawberry Cockle or Hairy Cockle - Fragum unedo

Pacific Strawberry Cockle or Hairy Cockle (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, sub-globular heart-shaped fan)

Crown Conch - Melongena corona

Crown Conch (Gastropod univalve, whole shell with a distinct spiral shape and angled shoulder bearing spines.)

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, asymmetrical fan shape)

Yellow Cockle (also known as the Prickly Cockle or Isocardia Cockle) - Vepricardium asiaticum

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

Lightning Whelk Egg Case (also known as Conch Cord or Sailor's Snake) - Busycon sinistrum

Lightning Whelk Egg Case (also known as Conch Cord or Sailor's Snake) (Gastropod egg case, whole organic capsule structu...

West Indian Keyhole Limpet (also known as the Measled Keyhole Limpet) - Fissurella barbadensis

West Indian Keyhole Limpet (also known as the Measled Keyhole Limpet) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, cap-shaped or ...

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

Knobbed Whelk (also known as the Giant Whelk) (Gastropod (snail/univalve), whole shell, spiral shape)

Horse Conch (Giant Banded Shell) - Triplofusus giganteus

Horse Conch (Giant Banded Shell) (Gastropod (univalve, spiral shape, whole shell))

Dog Cockle (also known as the European Bittersweet) - Glycymeris glycymeris

Dog Cockle (also known as the European Bittersweet) (Bivalve, whole single valve, rounded to slightly sub-triangular fan...

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

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

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

Lion's Paw Scallop (Also known as Nodipecten) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, fan shape)

Atlantic Bay Scallop (also known as the Common Scallop or Bay Scallop) - Argopecten irradians

Atlantic Bay Scallop (also known as the Common Scallop or Bay Scallop) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole individual valve, f...

Pacific Lion's Paw Scallop (also known as the Subnodosus Scallop) - Nodipecten subnodosus

Pacific Lion's Paw Scallop (also known as the Subnodosus Scallop) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, fan-shaped disc w...

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

Common Egg Cockle (also known as the Yellow Cockle) (Bivalve, whole shell, roughly heart-shaped fan)

Pacific Littleneck Clam (also known as the Rock Cockle or Common Littleneck) - Leukoma staminea

Pacific Littleneck Clam (also known as the Rock Cockle or Common Littleneck) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, fan-sh...

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

Atlantic Cockle (also known as Common Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, fan or heart shape)

Globose Duck Clam (Atlantic Surf Clam) - Spisula solidissima

Globose Duck Clam (Atlantic Surf Clam) (Bivalve, whole shell, rounded/oval shape)

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

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

Atlantic Slipper Shell (also known as Common Slipper Snail, Boat Shell) - Crepidula fornicata

Atlantic Slipper Shell (also known as Common Slipper Snail, Boat Shell) (Gastropod, whole shell, asymmetrical cap-shaped...