Mud Whelk (Pyrazus sp.) - surrounding the entrance to a marine crustacean hole (possibly shrimp). Hayman Island, Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Beach Rubble - comprising of broken coral, sea shells and a Stromb Shell. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mixed sea shells and coral rubble, washed ashore on a tropical island beach. Coochiemudlo Island, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mixed sea shells and coral rubble, washed ashore on a tropical island beach. Coochiemudlo Island, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Live Murex Shell (Murex pecten). Uncommon. Indo-West Pacific © Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com
Live Helmet Shell (Cassis cornuta) eating a Sea Urchin (Tripneustes gratilla). Indo-Pacific © Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com
Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus). Also known as King Scallop. Highly prized by commercial fishery. Southern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus). Also known as King Scallop. Highly prized by commercial fishery. Southern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus). Also known as King Scallop. Highly prized by commercial fishery. Southern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Brachiopod (Magellania flavenscens). Also known as Lamp Shell. Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Milk Conch (Strombus costatus), a mating pair photographed off Singer Island, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Horse Conch (Pleuroploca gigantea). Photographed on the sand sea floor of Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Horse Conch (Triplofusus giganteus), laying eggs on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, United States. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Triton Trumpet Shell (Charonia tritonis), predating on a Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci). Found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Triton Trumpet Shell (Charonia tritonis), predating on a Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci). Found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Mole Cowry (Cypraea talpa), with mantle partially covering the shell at night. Photo taken off, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Close detail of the eyes of a Spider Shell (Lambis scorpius). Also known as Scorpion Shell. Found throughout tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Close detail of the mantle of a Coral-boring Scallop (Pedum spondyloideum), showing the eyes. Photo taken at the Fijian Islands. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Topshell (Alcyna sp.). Photo was taken off Yap, Micronesia. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Close detail of the mantle of a Coral-boring Scallop (Pedum spondyloideum), showing the eyes. Photo taken at Mabul Island, Malaysia. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Cowry (Cribrarula sp.). Photo taken off Komodo, Indonesia. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Kelp, Mussels and Barnacles are exposed on a beach at low tide in Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
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