SEA SHELL SPECIMEN MENU:
“Shelling” is a fun for professional scientist and amateurs alike. A majority of the shells below are composed of the mineral aragonite CaCO3. Many of my modern or “recent” shells have fossil relatives in my Fossil Gallery. Below I have organized images and data of some of my sea shells.
Special thanks to Tina Petway, Lucy Clampet and Gary Kidder for giving me what I could not find.
Click the images below to access each sea shell specimen page:
SPONGES
Simplest Animals
CORAL
Solitary and Colonial Cnidarians
Annelids
Worm Tubes
BIVALVIA
Clams, Pectin and Oysters
GASTROPODA
Snails, Slugs, Abalones and Limpets
CEPHALOPODA
Squid, Octopus, Cuttlefish and Chamber Nautilus
SCAPHOPODA
Tusk Shell Mollusk
CHITIN
Eight Plated Mollusk
Crustaceans
Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimp and Barnacles
ECHINOIDEA
Sea Urchins and Sand Dollars
ASTEROZOA
Sea Stars and Brittle Stars
SHARKS
Sharks, Rays, Skates, and Ratfish
