Sea Shells of the WorldIllustrated descriptions of over 1,100 shells include their physical characteristics, locations, and relative values. |
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Acmaea Ancilla aperture Astraea Aust axial blotches bluish body whorl Brod brown bands brown dots brown lines brown markings brown mottling brown patches Brownish Calif callus canal Cardium Cassis circling collector columella Cone Conus Cowry cream Cymatium Cymbium Cypraea 24 Cypraea 30 dark brown Dillwyn dorsal line E.Afr edge Epitonium faint flaring Fusinus Gmel Gray grey Gulf of Mex Harpa high spire Hwass Indo-Pac inner lip inside interior Japan knobs Kuroda Lambis Latiaxis Light brown Mitra Murex Nassarius nodules Oliva 40 operculum orange orange-brown outer lip pale Panamic Prov Patella peach color Pecten Pecten 64 periostracum pink pinkish Plate purple Rare Reeve ribs ridges Röd S.Afr Scarce shell Shiny shoulder Smooth specimens spines spiral spire Spondylus spots squarish Stocky Strombus Swain teeth terebellum Terebra Thin Tonna Turris valve varices Venus Voluta Volutidae volva W.Afr W.Mex White base whitish wide yellow yellowish