Seashell Gallery
- Top Shell
- Tusk Shell
- Venus Comb shell
- Pink-mouthed Murex
- Black Murex Shell
- Captain Cone
- Conus Blanca
- Cone Shell
- Conus Imperialis Shell
- Conus Striatus Shell
- Checkered Bonnet Shell
- Common Screw Shell
- Mollusk Fossil
- Harper Shell
- Heavy Turban Shell
- Jade Turbo Shell
- Paper Nautilus Shell
- Sand Dollar
- Spider Scorpian Shell
- Snail
- Spindle Shell
- Tooth Shell
- (tiny; cow spotted)
- (tiny, recess, …)
- (tiny, hard, armored surface)
- (yellow rugged tiny hardshell)
- White Spondylus
- Seashell X-ray Photos
See also: Seashell: Misc Seashells, Cut-in-Half View
See also: Mathematics of Seashells.
The biological classification hierarchy: “Kindom:Phylum:Class:Order:Family:Genus:Species”.
The shells animals are of Kindom Animalia (that is, animals), and Phylum Mollusca (they are mollusks). Mollusks have two major class: Gastropoda (gastropods) and Bivalvia (bivalves). Gastropods are those with spiral shells. Snails slugs limpets and abalone are all gastropods. Bivalves are those clam-like shells, including mussell, cockle, clam, oyster.
Reference
[National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashells by Harald A Rehder. Buy at amazon ]