Seashell Gallery
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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]