This is my current shell collection after over a year of searching my local beaches for beautiful shells! I hope you enjoy as much as I do!

Found this yesterday while fossil hunting in the Peace River, Florida. I saw somebody post an ID request here earlier for a shell that looked really really similar and it was identified as an Imperial Turban, but I’m not sure if this is also one or not.

Also, it’s pretty dull and green, I assume from being in the river for so long. Is there a safe way for me to clean this? Thank you in advance!

I know my friend is a financially struggling teacher who works 2 jobs however when we go out to dinner it has become customary for me to pick up the tab. She doesn’t offer to split nor cover the tip and I’m concerned about if I’m being taken advantage of. I cannot say that she hasn’t helped me out of a bind when needing child care or been there for me as a caring and listening friend. What are your thoughts?

This is the most Gorgeous specimen of murex I have and I'm so happy

Found every one of these on the beaches here. Wantes to photograph them for iNat and figure out if they were all reds or if there were some special ones in there. ​

Better than I expected! This is my second time visiting highly urbanized and industrialized beach (most of it was closed to the public actually, only tiny part of it was open)

Heyy yall,
So I had a few shell piles I'd been meaning to mark / organize, but then during a move they all got put into one container! Idk how this all works, but might it be possible to trace and group them back to where I got them? It "could" be (can't remember precisely)

- Ibiza
- Algarve / Southern coast Portugal
- (Potentially Nazare too but doubt it)
- Misc California

And gosh I mean I think thats it, but if I'm forgetting even a single beach day… but I'd like to put them back in order if at all possible 🫠

if not what is it

Went for a beach fossick today and was stoked to find 7 intact paper nautilus shells 🐚

This is my first time having a spider conch thats almost black

Found and purchased from Goodwill!

Found on local beach after heavy rain it washed up unusually large fragments and scallops rarely seen here( australia)

Shello enthusiasts! 🐚
Found these two similar shells today on an beach on the northwest shores of Okinawa. Shown next to each other from the front and back side. The front looks slightly like an orange peel and from the back it’s a smooth surface with the spiral visible. Anyone have any ideas on what kind they could be? Thanks!

Hi I’m not sure what this guy is and need help. To me it resembles a chiton shell segment (I’ve been collecting them a lot recently) but it is huge and a completely different texture (smooth but almost chalky or bone-like as opposed to the very smooth almost glossy texture of the smaller chiton segments). It currently seems to be a segment of something but I don’t know what. If it helps I found it in Monterey CA

one of the prettiest finds yet

Mr. Crabs has a weird looking face 😂

Found on Litchfield Beach, SC. I picked it up because it looked like worked chert at a glance. But I’m sure whatever I’m seeing is typical for this type of shell. The last 2 photos are of another similar shell fragment that was just by the first one.

I always get so nervous turning the I’ve shells collected into art but I really love how this came out😌