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Melogena corona
Melogena corona
Highly variable shell, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Melongenidae
Melongena corona
Melongena corona
medium brown and tan patterned shell with spikes, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Melongenidae, Known habitat: Florida - West Indies
Melongena corona
Melongena corona
Highly variable shell., Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Melongenidae, Known habitat: Florida
Mirabilistrombus listeri 
Mirabilistrombus listeri 
Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Strombidae, Known habitat: Andaman Sea, West Thailand
Mitra mitra
Mitra mitra
white medium shell with orange patterns, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Mitridae
Mitra mitra
Mitra mitra
white medium shell with orange patterns, Family: Mitridae
Mitra mitra
Mitra mitra
orange and white patterned, Family: Mitridae
Mitra mitra
Mitra mitra
orange and white patterned, Family: Mitridae
Monetaria caputserpentis
Monetaria caputserpentis
Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Cypraeidae
Murex sp.
Murex sp.
Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Muricidae
Mya arenaria
Mya arenaria
Class: Bivalvia, Order: Myida, Family: Myidae, Note on location collected:
Mya arenaria
Mya arenaria
10 halves, 2-10cm, white, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Myida, Family: Myidae
Natica sp.
Natica sp.
Many specimens small to medium, white to yellow. These bloodthirsty mollusks live on clams and oysters, which they obtain by burrowing in the sand with an enormous foot. The eggs are laid in a collar of sand, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha, Family: Naticidae, Known habitat: Temperate and warm seas
Nautilus pompilius
Nautilus pompilius
Large lightweight shell, multiple specimens, Class: Cephalopoda, Order: Nautilida, Family: Nautilidae
Nautilus pompilius
Nautilus pompilius
Large lightweight shell, cream and brown, Class: Cephalopoda, Order: Nautilida, Family: Nautilidae
Nautilus pompilius
Nautilus pompilius
Large lightweight shell, cream and brown, Class: Cephalopoda, Order: Nautilida, Family: Nautilidae, Known habitat: Fiji Islands, New Caledonia, Philippines
Nautilus sp.
Nautilus sp.
Two large lightweight shells, iridescent, one broken, Class: Cephalopoda, Order: Nautilida, Family: Nautilidae
Nerita peloronta
Nerita peloronta
small white shells with purple markings and a peach colored spot by opening, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Cycloneritida , Family: Neritidae, Known habitat: Southern Florida
Nerita sp.
Nerita sp.
4 small, circular shells white with black dashes, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Cycloneritida, Family: Neritidae
Neritina sp.
Neritina sp.
multiple small colorful circular shells, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Cycloneritida, Family: Neritidae 

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