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Cardium magnum
Cardium magnum
Class: Bivalvia, Order: Cardiida, Family: Cardiidae
Casmaria kalosmodix
Casmaria kalosmodix
white shell with brown dashes by opening, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha , Family: Cassidae
Cassis
Cassis
These animals, of which there are 25 species, are active and predatory, eating bivalve mollusks. They live in sandy shores of warm oceans., Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cassididae
Cassis cornuta
Cassis cornuta
3 shells, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cassididae, Known habitat: Indian Ocean, Philippines, Japan, West Indies
Cassis cornuta
Cassis cornuta
Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cassididae, Known habitat: Indian Ocean, Philippines, Japan, West Indies
Cassis madagascariensis
Cassis madagascariensis
Large, Family: Cassidae, Known habitat: North Carolins to West Indies
Cassis tuberosa
Cassis tuberosa
medium large brown spiral/circular shell, Family: Cassidae
Ceratostoma foliatum
Ceratostoma foliatum
two off-white rough shells with circular opening, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Muricidae, Known habitat: Rocky coasts - Sitka to Santa Barbara
Cerithium nodulosum
Cerithium nodulosum
small/med shell with regular bumps off-white, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Caenogastropoda, Family: Cerithiidae, Known habitat: West Indies - Florida
Charonia tritonis
Charonia tritonis
Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Charoniidae, Known habitat: New Zealand, Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Japan
Charonia tritonis
Charonia tritonis
Very Large cream shell with brown markings. One of the largest and most beautiful shells of the world., Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha , Family: Cymatiidae, Known habitat: Hawaiian Islands S. throughout Polynesia and South Seas to New Zealand through Islands of E. Indies and into the Indian Ocean.
Chicoreus ramosus
Chicoreus ramosus
White shell with many spines, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Muricidae, Known habitat: Indian Ocean - Red Sea China
Chione undatella
Chione undatella
both halves bivalve, with raised wavy ridges running sideways on shell, Family: Veneridae
Chlamys hastata
Chlamys hastata
Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae, Note on location collected:
Chlamys rubida
Chlamys rubida
in sealed display box, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae, Note on location collected: in sealed display box
Chlamys sp.
Chlamys sp.
Four shells with both halves, brightly colored yellow, purple, orange, red, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae
Chlamys sp.
Chlamys sp.
Four shells with both halves, brightly colored yellow, purple, orange, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae
Cittarium pica
Cittarium pica
A popular seafood. Lives on rocks and coral reefs, near shore, where it may be seen through the water crawling along waving two long tentacles ahead and a fringe of cirrhi almost as long on each side of the foot., Class: Gastropoda, Order: Trochida, Family: Trochidae, Known habitat: West Florida
Cittarium pica
Cittarium pica
Medium size, heavy white with black wavy lines shell, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Trochida , Family: Tegulidae, Known habitat: Caribbean sea coasts
Conch
Conch
heavy off white, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Strombidae

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