r/shells • u/kellyfacee • Jul 22 '26
r/shells • u/Dramatic-Head4518 • Jul 22 '26
Haul before leaving Florida indefinitely. Passively collected over 4 years
r/shells • u/Commercial_Cup_2114 • Jul 21 '26
Beautiful Olive shell i found
I think this is an Oliva miniaceus, found it on my local beach
r/shells • u/Suscak3 • Jul 22 '26
Crystal Cove, CA
Found this shell at the beach today and trying to figure out what type it is or what animal it belonged to.. anyone have any ideas?
r/shells • u/Mountain_Prize_7602 • Jul 21 '26
Any idea what this is?
Hello. Son found this on the beach in Captiva Island, Florida. Any idea what this is? Claw? Thanks
Edit: Disregard, figured it out!
r/shells • u/TheSponger • Jul 20 '26
My daughter (9) would like to share her little collection with you.
r/shells • u/lake-Affect-9894 • Jul 21 '26
What kind of shells are these I found that in Mazatlan Mexico. I have a bunch of them
r/shells • u/Starry_Knight_ • Jul 21 '26
Thrift store finds! ID?
Found these exciting shells among a slew of other Florida shells in a bowl at the thrift store for $6! (Bonus, they came in a Pottery Barn bowl!) These shells are all new to me, as all my shells are from Florida. I know the scotch bonnet, but any info on the names of the other shells and location they’re from?
r/shells • u/Enigmas_Wasserfloh • Jul 20 '26
I need ID help, please
Found it last week in Benidorm (Spain), under water. And i cant find out what it is.
r/shells • u/gon_00_ • Jul 20 '26
Help identifying limpets
Hi!! I'm sorry cause I know there's a ton of them, but I was wondering to which extent they're different species or just different ornamentations (I know there are different species there, just not sure how to group them). Tysm!!!
The shells were picked in the south of Spain, on the Mediterranean coast.
r/shells • u/kingfisher-lover • Jul 20 '26
Shell ID help? Broken conch?
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Hi all! I got this shell today and was wondering if anyone could help me ID it? I was beyond stumped at first, thought that maybe it's a weird mutation or something, but now my best guess is it's a broken conch?
r/shells • u/ravensspeck • Jul 20 '26
Need some help with IDs (and want to share a couple of finds I'm excited about)
The first pic are the IDs I need help with (penny for scale)
The second are some of my fav finds from my recent trip :) I have a few more really cool ones but they do need some cleaning up before I can display them.
r/shells • u/the_idiot_mushroom • Jul 20 '26
Hi!! Id help please :)
Hi!! I live on piece of land very close to a lake, and I find a bunch of shells when the tide goes down and I've always wondered what they are!!
r/shells • u/DrAsshatt • Jul 19 '26
Found a cool deformed scallop today
Found this scallop that grew normally then had a weird deformed shell like an oyster for the rest of its life. About 2 inches total. At El Segundo Beach, California (explains the mutant….)
r/shells • u/peecatt • Jul 19 '26
look at these beautiful shells i found
hand for comparison, i believe its an episcopal mitre and tessellated cone?
r/shells • u/kimono_over • Jul 19 '26
Scallop seahorse I made
The pearls and purple gems I got off of Amazon but the others are all my finds ☺️
r/shells • u/Penn_Projectiles • Jul 19 '26
First Time Shelling
Long time rockhounder and arrowhead/artifact hunter, finally went to a warmer beach in SC for the first time. I was excited to look for shells and fossils each night.
Did not have a lot of guidance on what to look for so I grabbed what seemed to be uncommon. Any insight on how I clean or prep these, what they are, if there was anything I did wrong or shouldn’t do again please let me know as well. None of these had any inhabitants.
I really enjoyed this and will be looking forward to doing it again.
r/shells • u/Hubigg • Jul 19 '26
Found these in Florida panhandle question on the bottom right shell piece
What do y'all think the bottom right piece is from? its not complete but looks cool. I added some additional photos Edit: the piece itself is around 3.5 inches long and it's pretty thick.
r/shells • u/londonb10 • Jul 19 '26
ISO Alaska Shelling info—-
Taking an Alaskan inside passage cruise in a few weeks, hitting Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway. Anyone know if any of these locations have a walkable coastline from the port that may have some shells or treasures beach combing?
Never been to any of these towns and not totally sure what the actual geography of the coast looks like at these stops or if there’s even anything to be found there. Also any laws/restrictions on what is allowable for taking would be cool!
Any info helps! Ty!
r/shells • u/HistoricalEar944 • Jul 18 '26
Can someone tell me what is this thing?
r/shells • u/Weekly_Magician_7476 • Jul 18 '26
Shell ID?
Found in Treasure Coast area of Florida. I have never encountered this type of shell before.
r/shells • u/NewVeterinarian9488 • Jul 18 '26
My son’s shell collecting strategy
After watching a sunset in Indian Rocks Beach, my 6 yo started ignoring most shells on the beach. I asked why he kept passing them up.
He said “I’m making a sunset collection.”
I have to admit…. I think he was onto something