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Gastropods
(one shell, opening on bottom)
Apple Murex (
Phyllonotus pomum
)
Bubble, Common West Indian (
Bulla occiddentalis
)
Cerith, Flyspeck (
Cerithium uscarum
)
Conchs:
Crown (
Melongena bispinosa
)
Hawkwing (
Lobatus raninus
)
Horse (
Triplofusus giganteus
)
Queen (
Aliger gigus
)
Marginella, Common Atlantic (
Prunum apicinum
)
Nerite, Bleeding-tooth (
Nerita peloronta
)
Nerite, Four-tooth (
Nerita versicolor
)
Neritina, Virgin (
Neritina virginea
)
Reticulate Cowry-helmet (
Cypraecassis testiculus
)
Slugs:
Leatherleaf Slug (family Veronicellidea)
Slug, Pacific Banana (
Ariolimax columbianus
)
Snails:
Banded Forest Snail(
Monadenia fidelis
)
Flatcoil, Southern (
Polygyra cereolus
)
Garden Snail (
Helix aspersa
)
Mexican Apple (
Pomacea flagellata
)
Orthalicus princeps
Rabdotus, Whitewashed (
Rabdotus dealbatus
)
Starsnail (
Lithopomum
sp.)
Tadpole Snail (
Physella acuta
)
Worm Snail (cf.
Eualetes tulipa
)
True Tulip (
Fasciolaria tulipa
)
Whelk, Lightning (
Sinistrofulgur perversum
)
Bivalves
(two shells hinged together)
Cross-barred Venus (
Chione elevata
)
Oysters:
Oyster, Atlantic Pearl (
Pinctada imbricata
)
Oyster, Atlantic Winged(
Pteria colymbus
)
Oyster, Digitate Thorny (
Spondylus tenuis
)
Oyster, Flat tree (
Isognomon alatus
)
Pen Shell, Stiff (
Atrina rigida
)
Tellin, Rose-petal (
Eurytellia lineata
)
Turkey Wing (
Arca zebra
)
Other
Chiton, West Indian Fuzzy (
Acanthopleura granulata
)
Coquina (
Donax variablis
)
Egg Case, Pear Whelk (
Fulguropsis spirata
)
Egg Case, Knobbed Whelk (
Busycotypus carica
)
Egg Case, West Indian Chank, (
Turbinella angulata
)
Limpet, Barbados Keyhole (
Fissurella barbadensis
)
Nudibranch (
Dondice parguerensis
)
Octopus, Mexican Four-eyed (
Octopus maya
)
Sea Hare (
Aplysia brasiliana
)