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: Cardium magnum; Class: Bivalvia, Order: Cardiida, Family: Cardiidae

: Casmaria kalosmodix; white shell with brown dashes by opening, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha , Family: Cassidae

: 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; 3 shells, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cassididae, Known habitat: Indian Ocean, Philippines, Japan, West Indies

: Cassis cornuta; Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cassididae, Known habitat: Indian Ocean, Philippines, Japan, West Indies

: Cassis madagascariensis; Large, Family: Cassidae, Known habitat: North Carolins to West Indies

: Cassis tuberosa; medium large brown spiral/circular shell, Family: Cassidae

: 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; small/med shell with regular bumps off-white, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Caenogastropoda, Family: Cerithiidae, Known habitat: West Indies - Florida

: Charonia tritonis; Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Charoniidae, Known habitat: New Zealand, Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Japan

: 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; White shell with many spines, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Muricidae, Known habitat: Indian Ocean - Red Sea China

: Chione undatella; both halves bivalve, with raised wavy ridges running sideways on shell, Family: Veneridae

: Chlamys hastata; Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae, Note on location collected:

: Chlamys rubida; in sealed display box, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae, Note on location collected: in sealed display box

: Chlamys sp.; Four shells with both halves, brightly colored yellow, purple, orange, red, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae

: Chlamys sp.; Four shells with both halves, brightly colored yellow, purple, orange, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae

: 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; Medium size, heavy white with black wavy lines shell, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Trochida , Family: Tegulidae, Known habitat: Caribbean sea coasts

: Conch; heavy off white, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Strombidae

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