GASTROPODA NAMES

None of my specimens were purchased, but rather found by "yours truly", the Black Sheller, through sun, wind, rain, fog, chill, humidity and heat. All memorable experiences. The shell names correspond to the GASTROPODA menu tab. 

Banded Tulip - Cinctura hunteria - Kice Island, FL

True Tulip - Fasciolaria tulipa - Portsmouth Island, NC (Pictured)

Scotch Bonnet - Semicassis granulata - Ocracoke Island, NC

Lightening Whelk - Sinistrofulgur sinistrum - Shackleford Banks, NC

Channeled Whelk - Busycotypus canaliculatus - Shackleford Banks, NC

Kieners Whelk - B. carica eliceans - Edisto Island, SC

Knobbed Whelk - Busycon carica - Portsmouth Island, NC

Pear Whelk - Busycotypus spiratus - Emerald Isle, NC

Florida Fighting Conch - Strombus alatus - Kice Island, FL

Juvenile Florida Fighting Conch - Strombus alatus - Marco Island, FL

Juvenile Horse Conch - Triplofusus giganteus - Shell Island, FL

Horse Conch - Triplofusus giganteus - Kice Island, FL

Clench Helmet Conch - Cassis madagascariensis - Portsmouth Island, NC

Kings Crown Conch - Melongena corona - Sanibel Island, FL

Apple Murex - Phyllonotus pomum - Sanibel Island, FL

Laced Murex - Chicoreus florifer - Sanibel Island, FL

Northern Moonsnail - Euspira heros - Shackleford Banks, NC

Sharks Eye Moonsnail - Neverita duplicata - Cape Lookout, NC

Colorful Moonsnail - Naticarius canrena - Kice Island, FL

Lettered Olive - Americoliva sayana - Shackleford Banks, NC

Alphabet Cone - Conus spurius - Shell Island, FL

Atlantic Figsnail - Ficus papyratia - Kice Island, FL

Atlantic Slippersnail - C. fornicata - Captiva Island, FL

White Baby Ear - Sinum perspectivum - Sanibel Island, FL

American Star Shell - Lithopomo americanum - Channel Islands, CA

Nutmeg - Cancellaria reticulata - Marco Island, FL

Florida Rocksnail - Stramonita haemastoma - Ft Macon Beach, NC

Dark Cerinth - C. atratum - Fort De Soto Beach, FL

Unknown - Baltic Sea