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Atlantic Deep-Sea Scallop (also known as Giant Scallop or Deep-Water Scallop) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole individual v...
Sunray Venus Clam (Bivalve (clam/two-shelled), whole shell, fan or oval shape)
Sunray Venus Clam (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole shell, fan/oval shape)
Checkered Snail / Alternate Nerite / Similar Small Gastropod (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, elongated spiral shape)
Egg Cockle (also known as Isocardia Heart Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole single valve, fan/globular shape)
Common Periwinkle (also known as the Edible Periwinkle) (Gastropod univalve whole shell with a spiral shape)
Common Periwinkle (Edible Periwinkle) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, spiral shape)
Garden Snail or White Garden Snail (Gastropod (land snail/univalve), whole shell, spiral shape)
Common Egg Cockle (also known as the Egg Cockle) (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole shell valve, ovate to subtrigonal sh...
Edible Mussel or Blue Mussel (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, elongated wedge or asymmetrical oval shape.)
Lion's Paw Scallop (also known as Nodipecten) (Bivalve (two-shelled), shell fragment, fan-shaped)
Cockle Shell (Heart Cockle / Common Edible Cockle) (Bivalve, whole shell valve, fan/heart-shaped morphology)
Sunray Venus Clam (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole shell fragment, oval to elongate shape)
Cockle (specifically Great Heart Cockle or similar Cardiidae species) (Bivalve (two-shelled clam), whole single valve, f...
Orange Cowrie or Pustulose Cowrie (alternate: Bean Cowrie) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, inflated oval to subglobu...
Crown Conch (also known as King Crown Conch) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, spiral shape with prominent shoulder sp...
Lightning Whelk (also known as the Left-Handed Whelk) (Gastropod univalve, whole shell with a spiral shape and left-hand...
Moon Snail (Shark Eye / Northern Moon Snail) (Gastropod univalve whole shell with a globose, spiral shape)
Royal Murex (also known as Chicoreus spectrum or Regal Murex) (Gastropod (univalve snail), whole shell with spiral shape...
Branched Murex, also known as the Chicoreus (Gastropod univalve with spiral shape and intricate frilly fronds)
Venus Comb Murex (Gastropod, whole spiral shell)
Junonia (Junonia Volute) (Gastropod (univalve), whole shell, spiral shape)
Pygmy Olive or Lettered Olive (juvenile/small form) (Gastropod, whole shell, cylindrical to olive-shaped with a short, p...
Triton's Trumpet or Hairy Triton (often referred to as a Hairy Triton or related Cymatium/Monoplex species) (Gastropod (...
Wentletrap, specifically the Precious Wentletrap (Epitonium scalare) (Gastropod (univalve) with a spiral, turreted shape...
Spindle Shell or Venus Comb Murex (Gastropod (univalve) with a spiral shape and an exceptionally long, needle-like sipho...
Dove Shell (also known as a Doved-shelled snail or Columbellid) (Gastropod, whole shell, oval-turbinate shape with a low...
Calico Scallop (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole individual valve, fan shape)
Atlantic Calico Scallop (also known as Calico Scallop) (Bivalve (two-shelled, whole shell), fan-shaped)
Atlantic Deep Sea Scallop / Lion's Paw variant (Bivalve (two-shelled), fan-shaped, single valve)
Atlantic Deep-Sea Scallop or Smooth Scallop, also known simply as the Scallop shell (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole indivi...
Calico Scallop (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, fan shape)
Atlantic Calico Scallop (also known as Calico Scallop) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole individual valve (single valve show...
Atlantic Deep-sea Scallop or Little Spectacle Scallop (Bivalve, whole single valve, fan-shaped)
Common Sundial Shell (Gastropod (univalve) with a distinctive spiral, low-conic or flat disk-shaped morphology; this spe...
Turban Shell (also known as Turbo Snail) (Gastropod, whole shell, spiral shape)
Cat's Eye Operculum (also known as Pacific Cat's Eye or Jade Cat's Eye) (Gastropod operculum (calcareous trapdoor/lid), ...
Cat's Eye Shell, or Pacific Turbo Operculum (Gastropod operculum (calcareous door or trapdoor of a marine snail, oval an...
Calico Scallop (also known as the Atlantic Calico Scallop) (Bivalve (two-shelled), whole shell, fan-shaped with asymmetr...
Wentletrap Egg Mass (often referred to as Mermaid's Bread or wentletrap sand collar) (Gastropod egg mass / sand-grain co...
Finger Coral Skeleton / Staghorn Coral Fragment (Coral Skeleton (Note: Technically a cnidarian skeletal remain rather th...
Brain Coral Skeleton (Cnidarian skeleton (often categorized alongside marine specimens in beachcombing collections))
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