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: Cypraea tigris; Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cypraeidae, Known habitat: Indian and Pacific Oceans

: Cypraea tigris; The animal of this shell is more colorful than the shell itself - brown, black, fawn, grey, yellow, amber, white. Lives among coral masses in shallow water. When a specimen is discovered by the collector it is seen with its shell entirely swallowed up in the dark mottled and tufted mantle, which changes color at will of the animal., Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cypraeidae

: Cypraea tigris; Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cypraeidae

: Cypraecassis rufa; peach colored shell, heavy, Family: Cassidae

: Cypraecassis rufa; Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cassidae, dealer

: Cypraecassis rufa; Also known as Bull's Mouth Helmet, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cassididae, Known habitat: Indian Ocean, Japan

: Cypraecassis rufa; Heavy medium-sized shell, peach colored with bumps., Family: Cassidae, Known habitat: Indian Ocean, Japan, Class: Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha

: Cyrtopleura costata; large, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Myida, Family: Pholadidae

: Donax purpurascens; Both halves bivalve, opalescent on inner and outer surface, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Cardiida, Family: Donacidae, Known habitat: Central America

: Fasciolaria tulipa; Found in shallow water on pebbly coasts, where water is calm and algae grow., Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Fasciolariidae, Known habitat: North Carolina to West Indies

: Ficus papyratia; light weight, cream colored shell, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Ficidae, Known habitat: Gulf Coast of Florida

: Ficus papyratia; light weight, cream colored shell, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Ficidae

: Forreria belcheri; Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Muricidae, Known habitat: Japan to Southern California

: Fusinus colus; long, spindle like shell, white, ridged, Class: Gastropoda , Order: Neogastropoda , Family: Fasciolariidae

: Fusinus colus; grey white spindle shaped shell, medium size, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Fasciolariidae

: Fusinus sp.; Small, spindle shaped tan shell. There are about seventy living species of the Spindle Shells., Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Fasciolariidae, Known habitat: World-wide in warm seas

: Giant clam ?; large bivalve, both halves, wavy, Family: Tridacninae?

: Gloripallium pallium; both halves, medium, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae

: Glycymeris maculata; Family: Glycymerididae

: Haliotis asinina; 5 small fragile shells, tan outside, iridescent inside, unsusual due to its long shape, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Lepetellida, Family: Haliotidae, Known habitat: Japan to Australia

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