Marine Snails: Ceriths, Nassas and Conchs
39 entries in the Marine Snails: Ceriths, Nassas and Conchs compendium.
NassariusScavenging snails with a long history in human adornment.Aliger gigasA large Caribbean sea snail with a heavy, flared shell.Conomurex luhuanusA medium-sized conch with complex eyes and regenerative ability.Laevistrombus canariumAn edible Indo-Pacific conch valued as ornament and fishing sinker.StrombusGenus of true conchs, named by Linnaeus in 1758.BittiumA worldwide genus of very small horn snails.NassariaA genus of sea snails with a confusing type species history.PhosA genus of marine snails in the family Nassariidae.Titanostrombus galeatusEastern Pacific giant conch, used as a wind instrument since ancient times.CerithiumA genus of small to medium sea snails in the family Cerithiidae.Titanostrombus goliathOne of the largest true conchs of the Western Atlantic.Nassarius conoidalisA marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails.Macrostrombus costatusA large edible sea snail with a milky white aperture.Strombus pugilisA robust conch with a dark purple stain at the anterior end.AntillophosA genus of sea snails in the family Nassariidae.NassariidaeWorldwide family of scavenging marine snails with rounded, high-spired shells.ReticunassaA genus of marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae.LambisLarge sea snails with fingerlike shell projections, known as spider conchs.Nassarius arculariaA thick-shelled mud snail with tubercles and variable coloring.RhinoclavisA genus of ceriths with a high turreted spire and sturdy shell.Nassarius olivaceusA marine gastropod with an olive or reddish conical shell.CerithiidaeA large family of marine snails with slender, elongated shells.Oligohalinophila dorriA brackish nassariid snail rediscovered after more than a century.Cyllene (gastropod)A genus of marine snails in the family Nassariidae.BulliaEyeless marine snails with expanded bifid foot and turreted shells.ClypeomorusA genus of marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae.Nassarius stolatusA marine gastropod with a violaceous white shell and dark bands.Pseudovertagus alucoA high-spired cerith snail of Indo-Pacific sand flats.Rhinoclavis vertagusA cone-shelled cerith found on Indo-Pacific sand flats.Nassarius coronatusA polished, variable-colored snail of shallow Indo-Pacific sands.Nassarius papillosusA marine snail with a tubercled shell and rose-tipped spire.Aliger gallusA medium-sized true conch of the western Atlantic.Nassarius fossatusA large mud snail with a basket-textured shell and a spectacular flipping escape.Canarium urceusA marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae.ArgyropezaSmall deep-sea snails with thin, vitreous shells and a silver-footed name.Nassarius pullusA marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails.Nassarius albescensA marine gastropod with a finely noduled creamy white shell.Nassarius concinnusA nassa mud snail from Tahitian waters.LaevistrombusA genus of true conchs with a debated taxonomic history.
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