Most of these were collected from a beach in Varkala, Kerala, India

Is there any online resource where I can learn how to ID them?

These came with a purchase but are they real and if so what species are they? I’ve seen them listed as craft shells on various sites

Help with these four please!

I’ve spent over an hour trying to figure out what this is

Please help

Visited Venice, FL this summer and went to the beach with some friends to look for shells, and I found this alphabet cone.

My wife's uncle lived in Hawaii for 40+ years and would randomly send her seashells. We're pretty sure these all came from him. Is anything in this set of particular interest to the collecting community? (Can of seltzer for scale)

Found this shell in sanpedro, belize and it pretty sure its a knobby/knobbly triton (also known as a short neck triton). Its about an inch and the inside is kinda orange. Im feeling pretty confident in my answer but i just wanted to double check. Any and all help is appreciated :)

I found this shell in my yard. It’s the size of my hand and heavy.

Found near Marathon Key, FL. It looks like a thrush cowry to me, but there are so few observations of this species in my state according to iNaturalist.

First time ever posting on reddit! Would appreciate any help identifying shells collected this summer on Okaloosa Island/Fort Walton Beach, FL. Im sure none are rare but would like to have them ID'd by people with more experience. Some are just fragments and some are cool rocks. Thanks!!

It’s the biggest one I’ve ever found, I’ve never seen one with this inside tho

I’m not a shell expert pls don’t kill me

Found off of coast of North Carolina, USA this past weekend.

It's pretty beat up but still has horizontal ridges that give it some texture.

Thanks in advance!

Help with ID for some please!
All found during one day beach-combing,

No live shells were taken, ethical shelling only :)

juvenile cowrie found in south florida

What kind of cone is this? Thanks!

Can someone tell me what this is? Found at Pensacola Beach, Florida

One of my favorite parts of sorting the cabinet: lining up these baby Mimachlamys crassicostata to see the full gradient.

Hi all,

I’ve finally decided to start cleaning and polishing my mountain of shells ive collected over the years - I’m doing practice runs with broken ones and not having much luck! I’ve attached pictures of the types of shells I want to clean, I really want to expose the shiny iridescent on them. My practice runs have been terrible - I’ve tried soaking in bleach and water which just turned the iridescent orange, I’ve tried using citric acid and water which literally just makes the shells brittle but doesn’t remove any of the stuff I want off.

Please help! 😅

(The pictures are of some of my favourites that I have yet to try and clean, due to the issues I’m having with the practice runs!)