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: Oxymeris areolata; small, slender, long cream colored with brown pattern. Mathematical exactness, Polynesians made chisels with them to build canoes, flesh is eaten., Family: Terebridae

: Oxymeris dimidiata; small, long shell pointy apex, orange-cream color, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Terebridae, Known habitat: Solomons

: Oxymeris maculata; medium size with long apex, cut in half with saw to see inside, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda, Family: Terebridae, Known habitat: S. Sea Islands

: Papustyla pulcherrima; bright green. Now on endangered species list, illegal to collect., Class: Gastropoda, Order: Stylommatophora, Family: Camaenidae

: Patinopecten caurinus; 20 large halves, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae, Note on location collected: 20 large halves

: Pecten japonicus; medium sized pink shell, only one half, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae

: Pecten sp.; White, small polished outer, scallop ribs on inside. Unusual due to reversal of ribbing., Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae, Known habitat: Japan

: Pinctada margaritifera; 1/2 shell, scaly flaky tan on outer, opalescent on inner, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Ostreida, Family: Margaritidae, Known habitat: Tropical seas

: Pinctada margaritifera; 3 half shell, brown and cream striped outer, opalescent inner, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Ostreida, Family: Margaritidae

: Pinctada sp.; half shell, brown and cream striped outer, opalescent inner, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Ostreida, Family: Pteriidae, Known habitat: Tropical Seas

: Pink scallop; light pink scallop like shell, multiple samples, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pectinida, Family: Pectinidae

: Pleuroploca trapezium; 3 cream shell, with brown stripes circling it, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Neogastropoda , Family: Fasciolariidae

: Pteroceras rugosum; Class: Gastropoda, Order: Littorinimorpha , Family: Strombidae

: Pyramidella dolabrata; small white with peach lines, pink mouth, Class: Gastropoda, Family: Pyramidellidae, Known habitat: Hawaii - Tropical Pacific - Indian Ocean

: Quadrula plicata

: Rexithaerus secta; Displayed in sealed box. Young specimen, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Cardiida, Family: Tellinidae, Note on location collected: Displayed in sealed box. Young specimen

: Rexithaerus secta; both halves, white, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Cardiida, Family: Tellinidae

: Rochia nilotica; pyramidal pink and white shell, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Trochida, Family: Tegulidae

: Ruditapes philippinarum; multiple specimens, off white, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Venerida, Family: Veneridae

: Saxidomus gigantea; heavy medium sized calms, multiple specimens, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Venerida, Family: Veneridae

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