Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Shells

Gallery of Mollusc Shells This page is a gallery of featured pictures that the community has chosen to be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. Other galleries containing featured pictures of animals: Amphibians Arthropods  · Arachnida · Diptera · Hymenoptera · Lepidoptera  · Odonata · Other arthropods Birds Fish Mammals  · Artiodactyla · Carnivora · Primates · Other mammals Reptiles Other animals  · Other lifeforms Animals in their habitats Bones and fossils Shells This gallery contains pictures of mollusc shells. For pictures showing shells of other animals such as egg shells or turtle shells see: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Bones and fossils. Phylum : Mollusca Class : Bivalvia Order : Arcida Family : Arcidae Anadara diluvii Anadara diluvii Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Barbatia amygdalumtostum valves Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Barbatia amygdalumtostum valves Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Trisidos tortuosa (Propellor Ark), shell Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Trisidos tortuosa (Propellor Ark), shell Top See also: Arcidae (category) Galleries   Order : Euheterodonta incertae sedis Family : Pharidae Ensis ensis (Sword Razor) Top See also: Pharidae (category) Galleries   Order : Mytiloida Family : Mytilidae Perna viridis Top See also: Mytilidae (category) Galleries   Order : Ostreoida Family : Gryphaeidae † Gryphaea arcuata Top See also: Gryphaeidae (category) Galleries   Family : Ostreidae † Agerostrea ungulata Top See also: Ostreidae (category) Galleries   Family : Pectinidae Flexopecten glaber subsp. ponticus Mimachlamys varia (Variegated Scallop) Right valve, extant Mimachlamys varia (Variegated Scallop) Left valve, extant Mimachlamys varia (Variegated Scallop) Right valve, Pliocene Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Gloripallium pallium (Royal Cloak Scallop), shell Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Gloripallium pallium (Royal Cloak Scallop), shell Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Minnivola pyxidata (Box Scallop) Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Minnivola pyxidata (Box Scallop) Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Mirapecten mirificu Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Mirapecten mirificu Top See also: Pectinidae (category) Galleries   Family : Spondylidae Spondylus versicolor 01 Spondylus versicolor 02 Spondylus gaederopus 01 Spondylus gaederopus 02 Spondylus imperialis Right valve Spondylus imperialis Left valve Spondylus varius Spondylus varius Top See also: Spondylidae (category) Galleries   Order : Pterioida Family : Malleidae Malleus albus (White Hammer Oyster) Right valve Malleus albus (White Hammer Oyster) Left valve Top See also: Malleidae (category) Galleries   Order : Veneroida Family : Cardiidae Lunulicardia hemicardium 01 Lunulicardia hemicardium 02 Acanthocardia echinata mucronata (European Prickly Cockle) Right valve Acanthocardia echinata mucronata (European Prickly Cockle) Left valve Nemocardium bechei (De la Beche’s Cockle) Right valve Nemocardium bechei (De la Beche’s Cockle) Left valve Vepricardium orbiculare (Schafhäutl) Top See also: Cardiidae (category) Galleries   Family : Chamidae Arcinella arcinella (Caribbean Spiny Jewel Box Clam) Right valve Arcinella arcinella (Caribbean Spiny Jewel Box Clam) Left valve Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Chama macerophylla var. sulphurea valves Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Chama macerophylla var. sulphurea valves Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Chama lazarus (Lazarus jewel box) Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Chama lazarus (Lazarus jewel box) Top See also: Chamidae (category) Galleries   Family : Tellinidae Scutarcopagia linguafelis 01 Scutarcopagia linguafelis 02 Strigilla dichotoma Right valve Strigilla dichotoma Left valve Top See also: Tellinidae (category) Galleries   Family : Veneridae Lioconcha castrensis 01 Lioconcha castrensis 02 Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Antigona lamellaris valves Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Antigona lamellaris valves Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Circomphalus foliaceolamellosus Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Circomphalus foliaceolamellosus Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Macrocallista nimbosa shell Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Macrocallista nimbosa shell Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Macrocallista nimbosa shell Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Macrocallista nimbosa shell Top See also: Veneridae (category) Galleries   Class : Cephalopoda Order : † Ammonitida Family : † Amaltheidae † Pleuroceras quadratum Top See also: Amaltheidae (category) Galleries   Family : Nautilidae Nautilus by Edward Weston Shells, by Edward Weston Nautilus Shell, 1927, by Edward Weston, edit Top See also: Nautilidae (category) Galleries   Family : † Parkinsoniidae † Parkinsonia parkinsoni Top See also: Parkinsoniidae (category) Galleries   Order : † Orthocerida Family : † Orthoceratidae † Orthoceras Top See also: Orthoceratidae (category) Galleries   Class : Gastropoda Clade : Caenogastropoda Family : Ampullinidae Cernina fluctuata 01 Top See also: Ampullinidae (category) Galleries   Family : Babyloniidae Babylonia spirata Top See also: Babyloniidae (category) Galleries   Family : Buccinidae Clivipollia pulchra 01 Buccinum undatum (Common Whelk) † Busycon contrarium Phos senticosus (Common Pacific Phos) Top See also: Buccinidae (category) Galleries   Family : Bursidae Bufonaria perelegans (Near-elegant Frog Shell) Bursa granularis (Granular Frog Shell) Bursa lamarckii (Lamarck’s Frog Shell) Tutufa bufo (Red-mouth Frog Shell) Bufonaria cavitensis 01 Top See also: Bursidae (category) Galleries   Family : Calyptraeidae Crucibulum spinosum (spiny cup-and-saucer snail) Top See also: Calyptraeidae (category) Galleries   Family : Cassidae Cassis cornuta (Horned Helmet) Cassis madagascariensis Top See also: Cassidae (category) Galleries   Family : Clavatulidae Fusiturris similis Top See also: Clavatulidae (category) Galleries   Family : Columbellidae Columbella major Top See also: Columbellidae (category) Galleries   Family : Conidae Conus marmoreus (Marbled Cone) Dendroconus figulinus Conasprella viminea 01 Phasmoconus lynceus 01 Conus gloriamaris 01 Top See also: Conidae (category) Galleries   Family : Costellariidae Vexillum exasperatum 03 Vexillum exasperatum 01 Vexillum exasperatum 02 Vexillum ornatum Vexillum vulpecula (Little Fox Mitre) Vexillum citrinum (Queen Mitre) Vexillum obeliscus 01 Atlantilux rubra 01 Top See also: Costellariidae (category) Galleries   Family : Cyclophoridae Rhiostoma smithi Top See also: Cyclophoridae (category) Galleries   Family : Cymatiidae Septa hepatica 01 Ranularia sarcostoma 01 Cabestana cutacea (Mediterranean bark triton) Septa marerubrum 01 Gyrineum roseum 01 Top See also: Cymatiidae (category) Galleries   Family : Cypraeidae Naria poraria (Purple-based Cowry) Nucleolaria nucleus (Wrinkled Cowry) Staphylaea staphylaea subsp. staphylaea (Stippled Cowry) Zonaria pyrum subsp. pyrum (Pear Cowry) Jenneria pustulata 01 Callistocypraea aurantium 01 Top See also: Cypraeidae (category) Galleries   Family : Epitoniidae Cirsotrema varicosum 01 Epitonium scalare (Precious Wentletrap) Epitonium pallasi 01 Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/The five extant species of the gastropod genus Janthina Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/The five extant species of the gastropod genus Janthina Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/The five extant species of the gastropod genus Janthina Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/The five extant species of the gastropod genus Janthina Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/The five extant species of the gastropod genus Janthina Top See also: Epitoniidae (category) Galleries   Family : Eulimidae Vitreolina philippi Top See also: Eulimidae (category) Galleries   Family : Harpidae Harpa davidis (Madras Harp) Top See also: Harpidae (category) Galleries   Family : Liotiidae Cyclostrema archeri 01 Top See also: Liotiidae (category) Galleries   Family : Littorinidae Tectarius pagodus 01 Tectarius coronatus (Beaded Prickly Winkle) Tectarius cumingii 01 Top See also: Littorinidae (category) Galleries   Family : Megalomastomatidae Hainesia crocea Top See also: Megalomastomatidae (category) Galleries   Family : Melongenidae Fulguropsis radula Pugilina morio (Giant Hairy Melongena) Top See also: Melongenidae (category) Galleries   Family : Mitridae Domiporta granatina 01 Domiporta filaris (File Mitre) Mitra stictica (Pontifical Mitre) Neocancilla clathrus 01 Scabricola bicolor 01 Top See also: Mitridae (category) Galleries   Family : Muricidae Murex brevispina brevispina 01 Chicoreus orchidiflorus 01 Coralliophila bulbiformis 01 Bolinus cornutus (Horned Murex) Chicomurex venustulus (Charming Murex) Chicoreus aculeatus (Pendant Murex) Chicoreus ramosus (Ramose Murex) Hexaplex radix (Radix Murex) Latiaxis mawae Murex pecten (Venus Comb Murex) Murex pecten (Venus Comb Murex) Murex pecten (Venus Comb Murex) Murex ternispina Ocenebra erinaceus (European Sting Winkle) Rapana venosa (Veined Rapa Whelk) Rapana venosa (Veined Rapa Whelk) Siratus alabaster (Alabaster Murex) Homalocantha zamboi Chicoreus axicornis (Axicornis Murex) Timbellus miyokoae (Miyoko Murex) Pterynotus elongatus (Club Murex) Coralliophila costularis Ergalatax crassulnata 01 Vexilla vexillum 01 Favartia salmonea 01 Rapa incurva 01 Jaton decussatus 01 Top See also: Muricidae (category) Galleries   Family : Naticidae Polinices aurantius 01 Top See also: Naticidae (category) Galleries   Family : Neritidae Septaria tesselata 01 Vittina waigiensis Variability Top See also: Neritidae (category) Galleries   Family : Olividae Eburna lienardii Olivancillaria vesica 01 Top See also: Olividae (category) Galleries   Family : Ovulidae Volva volva Volva habei Aclyvolva lanceolata 01 Contrasimnia xanthochila 01 Pellasimnia angasi 01 Top See also: Ovulidae (category) Galleries   Family : Pachychilidae Brotia binodosa Top See also: Pachychilidae (category) Galleries   Family : Personidae Distorsio anus Top See also: Personidae (category) Galleries   Family : Pomatiidae Leonia mammillaris compacta 01 Top See also: Pomatiidae (category) Galleries   Family : Ranellidae Charonia lampas Cymatium lotorium (Black-spotted Triton) Ranularia tripa 01 Top See also: Ranellidae (category) Galleries   Family : Raphitomidae Thatcheria mirabilis Top See also: Raphitomidae (category) Galleries   Family : Rostellariidae Tibia curta (Indian Tibia) Varicospira crispata 01 Top See also: Rostellariidae (category) Galleries   Family : Seraphsidae Terebellum terebellum var. punctulatum (Terebellum Conch) Top See also: Seraphsidae (category) Galleries   Family : Siliquariidae Tenagodus anguinus Tenagodus trochlearis Top See also: Siliquariidae (category) Galleries   Family : Sorbeoconcha Caecum vitreum 01 Top See also: Sorbeoconcha (category) Galleries   Family : Strombidae Harpago arthriticus 01 Harpago chiragra (Chiragra Spider Conch) Lambis truncata (Giant Spider Conch) Lambis crocata (Orange Spider Conch) Lambis millepeda (Millipede Spider Conch) Lobatus gigas (Queen Conch) Sinustrombus sinuatus (Lacinate Conch) Strombus pugilis (Fighting Conch) Lobatus gallus (Rooster Conch) Top See also: Strombidae (category) Galleries   Family : Terebridae Myurella nebulosa 01 Terebra babylonia 01 Myurellopsis parkinsoni 01 Hastula albula 01 Duplicaria dussumierii 01 Top See also: Terebridae (category) Galleries   Family : Thiaridae Thiara cancellata Top See also: Thiaridae (category) Galleries   Family : Tonnidae Tonna galea (Giant Tun) Tonna sulcosa (Banded Tun) Top See also: Tonnidae (category) Galleries   Family : Triviidae Triviella aperta 01 Pusula solandri 01 Top See also: Triviidae (category) Galleries   Family : Turbinellidae Turbinella pyrum (Chank Shell) Top See also: Turbinellidae (category) Galleries   Family : Turritellidae Turritella maculata Vermicularia spirata 01 Top See also: Turritellidae (category) Galleries   Family : Vermetidae Petaloconchus intortus Vermetus triquetrus Thylacodes colubrinus Top See also: Vermetidae (category) Galleries   Family : Viviparidae Viviparus georgianus (fossil specimen from the Pleistocene) Viviparus georgianus (extant specimen) Top See also: Viviparidae (category) Galleries   Family : Volutidae Cymbium cymbium (False Elephant's Snout Volute) Cymbiola nobilis (Noble Volute) Cymbiola imperialis (Imperial Volute) Fulgoraria rupestris (Asian Flame Volute) Melo aethiopica (Crowned Baler) Top See also: Volutidae (category) Galleries   Family : Xenophoridae Xenophora mekranensis konoi 01 Xenophora pallidula Xenophora cerea 01 Top See also: Xenophoridae (category) Galleries   Clade : Cephalaspidea Family : Aplustridae Hydatina physis 01 Hydatina albocincta 01 Top See also: Aplustridae (category) Galleries   Clade : Heterobranchia Family : Acavidae Acavus haemastoma subsp. fastuosa Helicophanta vesicalis Acavus haemastoma haemastoma 01 Top See also: Acavidae (category) Galleries   Family : Architectonicidae Architectonica maculata 01 Architectonica maxima (Giant Sundial) Top See also: Architectonicidae (category) Galleries   Family : Bradybaenidae Calocochlia festiva Calocochlia pan Chrysallis virgata subsp. porracea Top See also: Bradybaenidae (category) Galleries   Family : Camaenidae Amphidromus quadrasi palawanensis 01 Amphidromus sulphuratus 01 Papustyla pulcherrima Top See also: Camaenidae (category) Galleries   Family : Dyakiidae Asperitas bimaensis cochlostyloides viridis 01 Asperitas inquinata subsp. penidae Top See also: Dyakiidae (category) Galleries   Family : Helicidae Cepaea vindobonensis Leptaxis erubescens Theba geminata Pseudotachea splendida Helicigona lapicida Cepaea nemoralis var. libellula lutescens fasciata 10345 (Grove Snail), loss of pigmentation 1 Cepaea nemoralis var. libellula lutescens fasciata 10345 (Grove Snail), loss of pigmentation 2 Cepaea nemoralis var. libellula lutescens fasciata 10345 (Grove Snail), loss of pigmentation 3 Top See also: Helicidae (category) Galleries   Family : Odontostomidae Plagiodontes daedaleus Top See also: Odontostomidae (category) Galleries   Family : Orthalicidae Liguus virgineus (Candy Cane Snail) Porphyrobaphe iostoma bilabratus 01 Top See also: Orthalicidae (category) Galleries   Clade : Mesogastropoda Family : Aporrhaidae Aporrhais pesgallinae Top See also: Aporrhaidae (category) Galleries   Clade : Neogastropoda Family : Fasciolariidae Fusinus syracusanus 01 Top See also: Fasciolariidae (category) Galleries   Family : Nassariidae Anentome helena 01 Nassarius bellulus 01 Nassarius arcularia 01 Top See also: Nassariidae (category) Galleries   Clade : Orthogastropoda Family : Ariophantidae Xesta fulvizona balantensis 01 Top See also: Ariophantidae (category) Galleries   Family : Cavoliniidae Cavolinia tridentata Top See also: Cavoliniidae (category) Galleries   Clade : Vetigastropoda Family : Angariidae Angaria poppei Angaria melanacantha (Black-tankard Angaria) Angaria aculeata Top See also: Angariidae (category) Galleries   Family : Chilodontaidae Perrinia elisa Top See also: Chilodontaidae (category) Galleries   Family : Fissurellidae Diodora calyculata 01 Amblychilepas platyactis Diodora spreta Top See also: Fissurellidae (category) Galleries   Family : Haliotidae Haliotis midae (South African Abalone) Haliotis fulgens subsp. fulgens (Green Abalone) Haliotis clathrata (Lovely Abalone) kamtschatkana assimilis (Northern abalone) Haliotis laevigata (Smooth Australian abalone) Haliotis discus discus (Disk abalone) Haliotis jacnensis 01 Top See also: Haliotidae (category) Galleries   Family : Tegulidae Tectus triserialis Top See also: Tegulidae (category) Galleries   Family : Trochidae Clanculus ormophorus Clanculus pharaonius (Strawberry Topshell) Clanculus puniceus (Strawberry Top Shell) Top See also: Trochidae (category) Galleries   Family : Turbinidae Angaria delphinus (Common Delphinula) Astralium calcar Bolma girgyllus (Girgyllus Star Snail) Bolma persica (Peach Bolma) Turbo imperialis Turbo reevei (Reeve's Turban) Turbo sparverius (Corded Turban) Turbo chinensis Turbo intercostalis Turbo sarmaticus (South African turban) Turbo petholatus (Tapestry turban) Guildfordia yoka delicata (Yoka star turban) Top See also: Turbinidae (category) Galleries   Unsorted The FPCBot will place images here, they can manually be sorted into more specific sections. 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