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