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- Conch
- 2 medium, heavy off white, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Strombidae
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- Cone shells
- assorted cream to brown shells, small to medium-large, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Conidae
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- Cone shells
- assorted cream to brown shells, small to medium-large, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Conidae, Known habitat: Tropical Waters
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- Conus gloriamaris
- Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Conidae, Note on location collected:
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- Conus litteratus
- white with brown markings cone, medium size, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Conidae
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- Conus marmoreus
- Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Conidae, Known habitat: China Seas
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- Conus pulicarius
- Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Conidae
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- Conus sp.
- Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Conidae, Known habitat: China Seas
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- Conus sp.
- Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda , Family: Conidae
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- Conus striatus
- Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Conidae
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- Conus textile
- cream shell with brown markings. Venomous, have been known to cause human death., Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Conidae, Known habitat: Red Sea, Ceylon, Australia
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- Cowrie
- Large number of 2-3cm shells, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cypraeidae
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- Crassadoma gigantea
- Four half shells, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae
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- Crassadoma gigantea
- one half heavy shell, peachy brown rough, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae, Known habitat: Pacific Coast
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- Crepidula fornicata
- two shells, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Calyptraeidae
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- Crepidula nivea
- Multiple, small cream or tan colored shells. Slipper shells living on smooth surfaces have smooth shells, when slipper shells live on rough surfaces they will grow a rough shell. The slipper shell, introduced into oyster beds, robs the oysters of food and choke the besides. Lives on old shells., Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha , Family: Calyptraeidae, Known habitat: Common on all American Beaches
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- Cypraea sp.
- Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cypraeidae
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- Cypraea sp.
- assorted small Cowries, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cypraeidae
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- Cypraea sp.
- Large number of 2-4 cm shells, various species, eroded or buffed, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cypraeidae
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- Cypraea sp.
- Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cypraeidae