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X-Rays of Sea Shells
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Available in Fine Art Galleries from Maine to the Caribbean. | ||||||
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Common Name | Latin Name |
Print Size
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ID#
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Info |
African Horned Murex | Murex cornuta |
8x10
|
60
|
Senegal W. Africa | ||
Angel Wings | North Carolina |
8x10
|
91
|
... | ||
Angular Triton | Cymatium femorale |
5x7
|
80
|
Brazil | ||
Argus Triton | Argohuccinium pustulasum |
4x5
|
84
|
... | ||
Articulate Harp | Harpa articularis |
5x7
|
71
|
... | ||
Asian Murex | Chicoreus asianus |
5x7
|
77
|
Japan | ||
Atlantic Moon Snail | Polinices duplicatus |
5x7
|
19
|
Commonly found in shallow water on sandy bottoms from Mass-Texas | ||
Bat Volute | Cymbiola vespertilio |
...
|
41
|
brown & white with internal swirls & worn crown | ||
Bent-neck Triton | Cymatium caudatum |
4x5
|
88
|
Australia | ||
Black Spotted Triton | Cymatium lotorium |
5x7
|
55
|
Mactan Island, Philippeans | ||
Bonnet | ... |
5x7
|
92
|
... | ||
Bonnet | ... |
5x7
|
93
|
... | ||
Californian Frog Shell | Bursa californica |
5x7
|
9
|
Common: Monteray to the Gulf of California just off shore among rocks | ||
Captain Cook's Turban | Cookia sulcata |
5x7
|
13
|
... | ||
Caribbean Vase | Vasum muricatum |
5x7
|
23
|
Common Caribbean shell, feeds on clams and worms in shallow water | ||
Chambered Nautilus | Nautilus |
8x10
|
6
|
... | ||
Chinese Triton | Cymatium sinense |
4x5
|
87
|
Cebu, Philippeans | ||
Common Egg Cowrie | Ovula Ovum |
5x7
|
90
|
Fiji | ||
Common Fig Shell | Ficus communis |
8x10
|
61
|
Sanibel Island, FL | ||
Dimidiate Auger | Terebra dimidiate |
5x7
|
70
|
Fiji | ||
Distaff Spindle | Fusinus colus |
...
|
65
|
W. Australia | ||
Episcopal Miter | Mitra mitra |
5x7
|
17
|
Common Indo-Pacific shell, dwells in coral reefs | ||
First Pagoda Shell | Columbarium pagoda |
4x5
|
73
|
Japan | ||
Flame Helmet | Cassis flammea |
5x7
|
10
|
Commonly found from the Florida Keys to Brazil in shallow water | ||
Fluted Giant Clam | ... |
5x7
|
97
|
... | ||
Geography Cone | Conus geographus |
5x7
|
50
|
The venum of this species is poisonous | ||
Giant Frog Shell | Tutufa bubo |
11x14
|
49
|
Palawan Island, Philippeans | ||
Giant Knobbed Cerith | Cerithium nodulosum |
4x5
|
74
|
Fiji | ||
Granose Horse Conch | Pleuroploca granosa |
5x7
|
18
|
... | ||
Grinning Tun | Malea ringens |
11x14
|
48
|
Panama | ||
Hebrew Volute | Voluta ebraea |
8x10
|
54
|
delicate white shell, simple construction | ||
Hidden Triton | Linatella puccinita |
4x5
|
86
|
Cebu, Philippeans | ||
Indian Chank | Turbinella pyrum |
5x7
|
22
|
... | ||
King Helmet | Cassis tuberosa |
...
|
8
|
Most common Atlantic Helmet, found from N.C. to Brazil on sandy bottoms | ||
King's Crown | Melongena corona |
...
|
28
|
medium brown & white stripe with crown | ||
King's Crown | Melongena corona |
...
|
44
|
tan with crown & horizontal bands | ||
Knobbed Triton | Cymatium muricinum |
5x7
|
14
|
Common South Florida to Brazil, found on intertidal reefs | ||
Kurz's Distorsio | Distorsio kurzi |
4x5
|
64
|
Balicasag Island, Philippeans | ||
Lace Murex | Chicoreus dilectus |
4x5
|
79
|
San Salvador, Bahamas | ||
Lace Murex | ... |
4x5
|
95
|
... | ||
Lettered Cone | Conus literatus |
5x7
|
51
|
Flat top | ||
Long-spined Star Shell | Astraea phoebia |
5x7
|
67
|
Dominican Republic | ||
Major Harp | Harpa major |
5x7
|
16
|
... | ||
Marlin Spike | Terebra |
...
|
24
|
long heavy shell | ||
Megellanic Triton | Fusitriton megellanicus |
5x7
|
83
|
Australia | ||
Mitre | ... |
5x7
|
96
|
... | ||
New England Neptune | Neptune lyrata |
5x7
|
68
|
Nantucket Island | ||
Nodose Paper Nautilus | Argonauta hains |
4x5
|
63
|
Phillippeans | ||
Nuttal's Thorn Purpura | Ceratostoma nuttalli |
5x7
|
11
|
Commonly found on rocks along the coasts of California and Mexico | ||
Orange Spider Conch | Lambis chiragra |
5x7
|
57
|
Republic of Palau | ||
Queen Helmet | ... |
8x10
|
102
|
... | ||
Regal Murex | Phyllonotus regius |
5x7
|
58
|
Panama | ||
Reticulate Distorsio | Distorsio reticularis |
5x7
|
15
|
... | ||
Reticulated Cowrie Helmet | Cypraecassis testiculus |
...
|
42
|
small tan with teeth | ||
Ridged African Triton | Cabestana cutacea dolaria |
4x5
|
89
|
S. Africa | ||
Sand Dollar | Echinodermata echinoidea |
5x7
|
3
|
The sand dollar is not a shell, but rather a member of the sea urchin family | ||
Scotch Bonnet | Phallium granulatum |
5x7
|
59
|
Honduras | ||
Sharp-spined Murex | Homalcantha oxyacantha |
4x5
|
78
|
Panama | ||
Shiny Marginella | Marginella glabella |
4x5
|
72
|
Senegal, W. Africa | ||
Soldier Cone | Conus miles |
...
|
46
|
... | ||
Spectral Murex | Chicoreus spectrum |
5x7
|
76
|
Brazil | ||
Spengler's Triton | Cabestana spengleri |
8x10
|
81
|
Australia | ||
Spindle | Tibia fusus |
8x10
|
56
|
Mactan Island, Philippeans | ||
Sundial | ... |
4x5
|
94
|
... | ||
Tent Olive | Oliva porphyria |
4x5
|
75
|
Panama | ||
Thorny oyster | ... |
8x10
|
98
|
... | ||
Tiger Cowrie | Cypraea tigris |
5x7
|
4
|
... | ||
Triangular Nutmeg | Trigonostoma pellucida |
4x5
|
62
|
Balicasag Island, Philippeans | ||
True Tulip | Fascialaria tulipa |
8x10
|
53
|
... | ||
Trumpet Triton | Charonia variegata |
8x10
|
2
|
... | ||
Tun | ... |
5x7
|
99
|
... | ||
Venus Comb Murex | Murex pecten |
5x7
|
52
|
... | ||
Wandering Triton | Ranella olearia |
5x7
|
82
|
Mediterrinean | ||
West Indian Fighting Conch | Strombus pugilis |
5x7
|
21
|
Commonly found in shallow water from Florida Keys to Brazil | ||
West Indian Top Shell | Cittarium pica |
...
|
25
|
turban | ||
Whelk | ... |
...
|
5
|
... | ||
Whelk | ... |
5x7
|
100
|
... | ||
White-mouthed Turritella | Turritella leucostoma |
...
|
69
|
Panama | ||
Yoka Star Turban | Guildfordia yoka |
5x7
|
66
|
Japan | ||
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