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Gastropods (one shell)

• Apple Murex
• Bubble, Common Atlantic
• Cerith, Flyspeck
• Conch, Crown
• Conch, Hawkwing
• Conch, Horse
• Conch, Queen
• Marginella, Common Atlantic
• Mexican Apple
• Nerite, Bleeding-tooth
• Nerite, Four-tooth
• Neritina, Virgin
• Reticulate Cowry-helmet
• Starsnail
• True Tulip
• Whelk, Lightning
• Worm Snail

Bivalves (two shells hinged together)

• Cross-barred Venus
• Oyster, Digitate Thorny
• Oyster, Atlantic Pearl
• Oyster, Atlantic Winged
• Oyster, Flat Tree
• Pen Shell, Stiff
• Tellin, Rose-petal
• Turkey Wing

Other Mollusks

• Chiton, West Indian Fuzzy
• Coquina
• Egg Case, Knobbed Whelk
• Egg Case, Pear Whelk
• Egg Case, West Indian Chank
• Limpet, Barbados Keyhole
• Nudibranch
• Octopus, Mexican Four-eyed
• Sea Hare

IDENTIFICATION ON THE INTERNET

Many kinds of Caribbean seashells are identified at iLoveShelling.Com. Also check out Seashells.Org. If you know what taxonomic class and family your shell probably belongs to, check out the extensive Idscaro.Net website with shells worldwide.

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