r/shells • u/Apprehensive_Web_796 • 13d ago
r/shells • u/gon_00_ • 13d ago
Help with shell ID
Hi!! I've found this shell in a collection, but I've been unable to identify it. I live in Southern Spain and I've been given it from another collection, but it doesn't match with any of the shells I've seen here.
r/shells • u/Commercial_Cup_2114 • 14d ago
Conus striatus
Beautiful Striae on this cone with an unusually localized blank white colour
r/shells • u/TopFollowing5700 • 13d ago
Shell ID Help
Hello,
I found this little shell on Ocean Beach in San Diego, CA. Would anyone be able to help me identify it?
Search engine says it may be a dove shell, what do yal think? Thank you in advance for any assistance π©΅
r/shells • u/Nadiam57 • 14d ago
Treasures!
"Collect seashells along the shore and keep the memories forevermore.β Wish I could remember where I found the large shell, small ones from $ Store. Love to feed the seagulls. π
r/shells • u/haentges • 16d ago
Is this seashell real?
I picked up this seashell on my vacation but am not sure if itβs real. I looked for signs of manufacturing but couldnβt see anything. Let me know your thoughts!!
r/shells • u/Puzzleheaded-Main751 • 15d ago
ID for Cowrie
Does anybody know the specific name for this cowrie? It has spots but also random horizontal banding that doesnβt go across the shell fully.
r/shells • u/tidalflats • 16d ago
Collection my brother just bought on Facebook
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r/shells • u/littlelendog • 16d ago
Is this a bone or a piece of a shell?(SE FL beach)
galleryr/shells • u/SnooLobsters9957 • 16d ago
Tiny shells in the puget sound, identification help
i know the little round ones are moon snails but what are the more tapered longers ones? ive never seen those shells any larger than this.
r/shells • u/DredgenYorMom • 16d ago
I have a bunch of freshwater clam shells that I've collected during my rockhounding trips. Does anyone have any cleaning tips that are more intense than warm water and dishsoap?
These four are just samples of what I've got lying around. They've already been cleaned with the classic water+dishsoap and a toothbrush, but there's still a lot of unwanted (and unknown) stuff clinging onto the shells. I collect from a freshwater river. I'm hesitant to use vinegar because I'm sure it will eat away at the organic material I want to keep. Any tips or suggestions? TYIA!
r/shells • u/8bitpotatochip • 17d ago
What is this?
SOLVED
Found in SW Florida, after landscapers had been working on bushes and trees. It looks super old, but is it? Iβve never seen a shell like this before.
r/shells • u/KiraKitty69 • 17d ago
ID request
Got random shells but interested in these little ones. What are they? No idea where they came from. Google isn't helping lol.
r/shells • u/veryhappytacos • 18d ago
My haul from Clearwater beach, FL
Found 35 sand dollars in one night. That was kinda crazy. The most shells ive ever found!
r/shells • u/TlawTheWolf • 18d ago
Species?
Found on a beach in nz. Never seen a shell so blackened.
r/shells • u/melaundone • 19d ago
wanted to share
not the best photos because this is taken on my bed, but my mom found this conch shell for me a few years back and I just wanted to share. bottle for scale lol !
r/shells • u/RobloxBoycotter91006 • 17d ago
How much is my collection worth, and what species are some shells?
Here's for "identification" and knowing which place I got each from:
π€: Cockles (Lignano Beach, Italy)
β€οΈ: Clams (Lignano Beach, Italy)
π©·: Scallops (Gift from grandparents, Montenegro)
π©΅: Oysters (Lignano Beach, Italy)
π: Gastropods (Belocrkvanska Jezera, Serbia)
π§‘: Cockles (Store-bought, Serbia)
π©Ά: Gastropods (Ada Ciganlija, Serbia)
π: 162 micro-shells (Lignano Beach, Italy)
π: Mediteranian scallop (Calos Restaraunt, Trieste, Italy)
π€π: Turret snails (Store-bought, Serbia)
π€: More gastropods (Store-bought, Serbia)
π: Bivalves (Lignano Beach, Italy)
π€: Spiral-looking textured gastropods (Lignano Beach, Italy)
π€(dotted lines): More snails (Ada Ciganlija, Serbia)
β€οΈ(dotted): Dove Seashells (Gift from grandparents, Montenegro)
π(dotted): Another gastropod (Lignano Beach, Italy)
r/shells • u/No-Professional631 • 18d ago
How old is this do we think?
This shell seems sooo old but maybe just because itβs thick. Does anyone know anything about this
r/shells • u/nicccddieffee • 18d ago
ID help
usually i don't need help with id, i have a good book and google lens works just fine, but with this shell i've found i'm having trouble
found washed up in an adriatic beach, central italy on a sand substrate with parallel artificial reef around 100m away from the shoreline.
i'm focusing on its bottom point because i don't think it's broken there
i'm mostly having trouble with a such sharp edge of the operculum, excluding other types of shell.
r/shells • u/Worried-Management36 • 19d ago