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Mottled shades of brown with white. Pale purple around spiral. Small hole on spiral.

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Oval shape. Light purplish-orange. Ridges radiate from apex. Interior brown.

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Oval shape. Pale pinkish/off-white. Ridges radiate from apex. Red accretions. Interior very pale brown.

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Pale pink gastropod shell with dark brown in crevices.

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White to milky white to pale gray gastropod shell. Wide conical shape. Nautilus shape on underside.

Carrier shells belong to a group of marine snails in the family Xenophoridae, a name that comes from Greek and means “bearing foreigners.” If you…

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White to very pale pink gastropod shell with spines around the edges.

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Pale orange gastropod shell with white band.

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Mottled gray and white gastropod shell. Dark brown lines around.

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Orange and cream striped gastropod shell. Several gray patches. Brown at bottom and on underside. Top of spiral white/gray.

The official state shell of Florida, the Horse Conch (Triplofusus giganteus), is the largest marine gastropod in North…

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Cream colored, most of the shell is darker cream, lightening to white at the tip of the spiral. Fine ridges around bottom and spirals, middle is smooth. Interior pale peach.
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