All Sea Shells
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Ladd's Wentletrap (also known as the Pagoda Wentletrap) (Gastropod (univalve); High-spired, turreted shell)
Ladd's Dove Shell (or more broadly, a Dove Shell) (Gastropod (univalve snail). The shape is fusiform to biconical with a...
Coquina, Variable Wedge Shell, Butterfly Shell (Bivalve (Single Valve). Shape is wedge-shaped/triangular.)
Variable Coquina, Butterfly Shell, Wedge Shell (Bivalve (Single valve/half-shell), Wedge-shaped/Triangular)
Coquina Shell, Butterfly Shell, Wedge Shell (Bivalve (Single valve/half shell); Wedge-shaped/Triangular)
Purple Dwarf Olive, Miniature Olive Shell (Gastropod (univalve) with a cylindrical, spiral-conic shape)
Dwarf Dove Shell (sometimes referred to as the Speckled Dove Shell or Common Dove Shell) (Gastropod (Snail/Univalve); Sp...
Common Auger (Alternate: Screw Shell, Atlantic Auger) (Gastropod (Marine Snail); spiral/turriform shape with high spire;...
Ladd's Cerith, Small Horn Shell (Gastropod (univalve); whole specimens; turreted/spiral shape)
Lobed Dwarf Olive (also known as the Rice Olive) (Gastropod; high-spired spiral shell with a narrow, elongated body whor...
Atlantic Auger (alternate: Little Auger, Common Auger) (Gastropod (univalve); spiral, elongated turret shape)
Dove Shell (Variable Dove Shell) (Gastropod (univalve); Spiral/Biconic. This is a whole juvenile/subadult shell with a s...
Lettered Olive (Juvenile) (Gastropod (univalve), spiral/cylindrical shape)
Dove Shell (specifically the Variable Dove Shell) (Gastropod (snail/univalve); biconic/spiral shape. This is a whole juv...
Ladd's Pigeon Shell (also known as the Little Pigeon Shell) (Gastropod; Univalve; Whole shell with a fusiform (spindle-l...
Purple Sea Snail, Janthina Snail, Violet Snail (Gastropod (univalve) with a globose, helical spiral shape; holoplanktoni...
Atlantic Oyster Drill (Grey Drill, Common Oyster Drill) (Gastropod (univalve); Spiral/Fusiform shape; whole shell with v...
Purple Sea Snail (or Common Janthina) (Gastropod (univalve); globose-conical spiral shape.)
Atlantic Oyster Drill (Gastropod (univalve); whole shell with a fusiform/ovate spiral shape.)
Purple Sea Snail, Violet Snail (Gastropod (univalve); spiral, globose-conical shape.)
Purple Sea Snail, Violet Snail, Ianthina Snail (Gastropod (univalve); whole shell with a globose, helical spiral shape.)
Eastern Auger (also known as the Little Auger or Screw Shell) (Gastropod (univalve); Spiral/Auger-shaped. This is a whol...
Auger Shell (specifically the Western Ribbed Auger) (Gastropod (univalve); high-spired tubular/conical whole shell.)
Fly-specked Cerith (also known as the Awl Miniature Cerith) (Gastropod (univalve); high-spired, turreted shell shape. Th...
Slipper Snail (also known as Boat Shell, Quarterdeck Shell, or Fornicating Slipper Snail) (Gastropod (univalve) with a c...
Sand Dollar (fragment), also known as Sea Cookie or Snapper Biscuit (Echinoderm Test (Exoskeleton); Fragment of a discoi...
Lettered Olive (Gastropod (Marine Snail); Cylindrical/Oval spiral shape. This is a whole shell showing the characteristi...
Lettered Olive (Gastropod (Marine Snail); Cylindrical/Oval spiral shape; Whole shell)
Alphabet Cone (also known as the Spotted Cone) (Gastropod (univalve); predatory sea snail. Whole shell with a distinctiv...
Florida Cone, Atlantic Cone, Stearns' Cone (Gastropod (univalve); whole shell; cone-shaped with moderate spire height.)
Lettered Olive (Sun-bleached / Juvenile) (Gastropod (univalve); Cylindrical/Oval spiral shape. Whole shell specimen.)
Quahog (specifically a juvenile or small Northern Quahog), also known as Hard Clam or Chowder Clam (Bivalve (single valv...
Eastern Oyster with Cliona Sponge Borings, also known as 'Honeycombed Oyster' or 'Punctuated Oyster Shell' (Bivalve (fra...
Chinese Hat Snail, Cup-and-Saucer Limpet (Gastropod (univalve); shell shape is conical or cap-shaped, similar to a wide-...
Rigid Venus, Imperial Venus, or Speckled Venus (Bivalve (single valve shown). Sub-globose/circular fan shape.)
Nutmeg Shell (specifically the Common Nutmeg) (Gastropod; whole shell with a globose, ovate-conical spiral shape.)
Drill (often referred to as an Oyster Drill or Muricid) (Gastropod (univalve snail), fusiform/spiral shape, whole shell)
Common Jingle Shell, Atlantic Jingle, Mermaid's Toenail (Bivalve (two-shelled). The specimen shown is the upper (left) v...
Shark Eye, Atlantic Moon Snail (Gastropod (univalve); globe-shaped/globose spiral shell)
Eastern Turret Shell, Common Auger, Atlantic Turritella (Gastropod (Univalve); Spiral/Auger shaped; Whole shell specimen...
Lace Murex (also known as the Floridian Lace Murex) (Gastropod (univalve); whole shell with spiral growth and frilled sc...
Atlantic Coquina, Bean Clam, Pompano Shell, Wedge Shell (Bivalve (two-shelled); this specimen is a single valve. Shape i...