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Florida Fighting Conch (worn/eroded specimen) (Gastropod (univalve); whole shell (conical/biconical shape with high spir...
Atlantic Strawberry Cockle (Bivalve (single valve). Fan-shaped/Sub-quadrate.)
Checkered Venus (also known as the Crib Venus) (Bivalve (Two-shelled); Single valve present; Heart-shaped to sub-triangu...
Lightning Whelk (Internal Columella Fragment) (Gastropod (Internal Columella fragment); Spiral/Siphonal Canal morphology...
Buttercup Lucine (also known as the Buttercup Shell) (Bivalve (two-shelled). The specimen shown is a single valve (half-...
Black Conch Pearl (also known as a Non-nacreous Pearl) (Pearl (Biological byproduct of a Gastropod). It is a non-nacreou...
California Donax (Alternate names: Bean Clam, Wedge Shell) (Bivalve (Two-shelled); Single valve (half-shell) found; Wedg...
California Donax, Wedge Shell, Bean Clam (Bivalve (single valve fragment), Wedge-shaped/Triangular)
Rough Piddock (also known as the Fluted Piddock or Angel Wing Piddock fragment) (Bivalve (fragment); specifically a piec...
California Bean Clam (also known as the Wedge Shell or Coquina Clam) (Bivalve (Single valve present); Shape: Wedge-shape...
California Bean Clam (also known as the Coquina Clam of the West) (Bivalve (single valve present in image); Wedge-shaped...
Bean Clam (Variable Wedge Shell, Donax Clam) (Bivalve (Single Valve). Triangular or wedge-shaped.)
California Bean Clam (also known as the Gould's Donax) (Bivalve (single valve/half shell); Shape is wedge-like or triang...
Bean Clam (often referred to as the California Donax or Wedge Shell) (Bivalve (two-shelled mollusk); this specimen is a ...
Pacific Jewel Box (also known as the Leafy Jewel Box or Clear Jewel Box) (Bivalve (Fragment of an upper valve). This is ...
Checkered Cockle, Egg Cockle (Bivalve (clams/two-shelled); this specimen is a single valve (half-shell) with a fan-like,...
Flat-ribbed Venus (also known as the Mexican Venus or White Venus Clam) (Bivalve (single valve shown, fan/heart-shaped))
Keyhole Limpet (Panamic Keyhole Limpet) (Gastropod (univalve); Cap-shaped/Conical shell with a natural apical perforatio...
Checkered Nerite, also known as the Black Nerite (bleached specimen) (Gastropod (univalve); whole shell; globular/globos...
Checkered Nerite, Bleached Nerite (Set of 3 Cabo beach shells) (Gastropod (Nerite), Bivalve (Ark clam valve), and Sessil...
Pacific Jewel Box (or Leafy Jewel Box) (Bivalve (two-shelled mollusk); Single valve (likely the upper/right valve); Roug...
Pacific Jewel Box (alternate: Leafy Jewel Box) (Bivalve (clams); this specimen appears to be a single valve fragment or ...
Pacific Jewel Box (variant), possibly a False Limpet or Rock Oyster fragment (Bivalve (Single Valve). This is the upper ...
Pacific Wing Oyster (fragment) (Bivalve (fragment), fan-shaped with elongated posterior wings)
Pacific Half-Slipper Shell (White Slipper Snail, Boat Shell) (Gastropod (univalve); Cap-shaped/Limpet-like shell; Whole ...
Fragment of a Pacific Lion's Paw or Pecten (probable Lyropecten subnodosus) (Bivalve (fragment); fan-shaped scallop. Thi...
Worm Snail (Scale Worm Snail) (Gastropod; irregular tubular/worm-like shape. Currently a fragment of a larger colony.)
Pacific Jewel Box (or Leafy Jewel Box) (Bivalve (Two-shelled); this specimen is a single valve (likely the upper/free va...
Pacific Wing Oyster (also known as the Winged Pearl Oyster) (Bivalve (two-shelled). The specimen shown is a single valve...
Thorny Oyster, Pacific Spondylus, or Imperial Spondylus (Bivalve (single valve shown); shape is irregular/sub-circular a...
Pacific Thorny Oyster (also known as Chrysanthemum Shell or Spiny Oyster) (Bivalve (Two-shelled); this specimen appears ...
Common Quahog (Hard-shell Clam) (Bivalve (fragment); fan-shaped shell valve fragment.)
Fighting Conch (specifically the West Indian Fighting Conch) (Gastropod (univalve) with a sturdy, fusiform/biconic spira...
Telescope Snail (also known as the Mud Creeper or Telescope Snail) (Gastropod (univalve); Conical/Spiral shape. The spec...
Flat Tree Oyster (or Atlantic Tree Oyster) (Bivalve (fragment); compressed/fan-shaped irregular shell)
Bleeding Tooth Nerite (Sun-bleached fragment) (Gastropod (snail); fragment consisting of the columellar deck and partial...
Bleeding Tooth Nerite (Fragment/Eroded Apex) (Gastropod (snail/univalve); heavily eroded spiral fragment consisting of t...
Bleeding Tooth Nerite (Commonly Nerites) (Gastropod (univalve); Spiral/Globose shape. The specimen shown is a weathered ...
Cross-hatched Lucine (also known as the Crib Lucine) (Bivalve (single valve); sub-circular/orbicular shape)
Bleeding Tooth Operculum (Alternate: Nerite Door/Lid) (Operculum (The calcareous "door" or lid of a Gastropod shell))
Antillean Ark, Wing Ark (Bivalve (fragment); rectangular/trapezoidal shape with cancellate sculpture)
Caribbean Coquina, Painted Donax, Sunrayed Donax (Bivalve (Two-shelled); Single valve (left) present in image; Wedge-sha...
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