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  2. Sand dollar - Wikipedia

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    The test lacks its velvet-like skin of spines and has often been bleached white by sunlight. To beachcombers of the past, this suggested a large, silver coin, such as the old Spanish dollar, which had a diameter of 38–40 mm. Other names for the sand dollar include sand cakes, pansy shells, snapper biscuits, cake urchins, and sea cookies. [3]

  3. Shell jewelry - Wikipedia

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    Shell jewelry is jewelry that is primarily made from seashells, the shells of marine mollusks. Shell jewelry is a type of shellcraft . One very common form of shell jewelry is necklaces that are composed of large numbers of beads , where each individual bead is the whole (but often drilled) shell of a small sea snail .

  4. Gryphaea - Wikipedia

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    The complete fossils consist of two articulated valves: a larger gnarly-shaped shell (the "toenail") and a smaller, flattened shell, the "lid". The soft parts of the animal occupied the cavity between the two shells, just like modern oysters. The shells also feature prominent growth bands. The larger, curved shell sat within the mud on the sea ...

  5. Cowrie - Wikipedia

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    The shells of cowries are usually smooth and shiny and more or less egg-shaped. The round side of the shell is called the Dorsal Face, whereas the flat under side is called the Ventral Face, which shows a long, narrow, slit-like opening , which is often toothed at the edges. The narrower end of the egg-shaped cowrie shell is the anterior end ...

  6. Naticidae - Wikipedia

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    Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family are mostly globular in shape.

  7. Wentletrap - Wikipedia

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    Most species of wentletrap are white, and have a porcelain-like appearance. They are notable for their intricately geometric shell architecture, and the shells of the larger species are prized by collectors. The more or less turret-shaped shell consists of tightly-wound (sometimes loosely coiled), convex whorls, which create a high, conical spiral.

  8. You Might Be Surprised How These '60s Bands Got Their Names - AOL

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    8. Buffalo Springfield. Before he became a successful solo act, Neil Young was a member of the folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield alongside Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

  9. Xenophoridae - Wikipedia

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    The shells are small to rather large (diameter of base without attachments 19–160 mm; height of shell 21–100 mm), depressed to conical, with narrow to wide, simple to spinose peripheral edge or flange separating spire from base. Aperture large, base broad, rather flattened, often umbilicate. Periostracum very thin or wanting.