Carolina SeashellsDescribes over 200 seashells commonly found on the beaches of North and South Carolina, discussing shell lore, shell collections, and when and where to find the shells mentioned. |
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1-inch shell ½ inch Angel Wings animal aperture Atlantic Augers Baby's Ear Basket Shell beaded beak Bittersweets bivalve body whorl Carolina beaches Cockles collectors color common concentric lines concentric ridges Coquina Cowrie creamy white decorated edge elongate Fossil shells gastropods glossy Grand Strand gray white grooves growth lines inflated inside Jackknife Clams Jewel Box Jingle Shell knobbed whelk lavender live look Macoma Margin Shell Mercenaria mollusks Moon Snail Murex Mussel Myrtle Beach nearly North Nut Clams orange outer lip oval oyster Pen Shells periostracum pink posterior purple Quahogs radiating ribs Razor Clams round Sand Clam sand dollars scallop Scotch bonnet sculpture seashell Semele shallow water shape sharks shell 1 inch shell ½ shell grows shiny Shipworms Slipper Shell smooth sometimes South Carolina species specimens spines spiral spire starfish Surf Clam surface Tellin thick thin tideline tiny Triton tulip univalves usually valves Waterway Wentletrap Whelk white shell yellow yellowish