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Scutus unguis. Near Lavanono, Madagascar. Family Fissurellidae.
Littorina squalida on seagrass. Sakhalin Island, Russia. Family Littorinidae.
Littorina obtusata citrina. Gwynedd, UK. Family Littorinidae.
Callistocypraea aurantium. Marau Sound, Solomons. Freshly collected by a Marau diver and still alive. Family Cypraeidae.
Cypraea tigris. Diani Reef, Kenya. Family Cypraeidae.
Cypraea tigris. New Georgia, Solomons. On an American WWII wreck. Family Cypraeidae.
Erronea errones. Broome, Western Australia. This blue variant is often called the "Broome blue". Family Cypraeidae.
Macrocypraea cervinetta. Isla Cebaco, Pacific Panama. Family Cypraeidae.
Mauritia arabica guarding its eggs. New Georgia, Solomons. Family Cypraeidae.
Pseudozonaria robertsi with eggs. Playa Venado, Pacific Panama. Family Cypraeidae.
Jenneria pustulata. Isla Cebaco, Pacific Panama. Family Pediculariidae. The mantle has a very similar pattern to the dorsum of the shell.
Pusula radians. Punta Paitilla, Pacific Panama. Family Triviidae.
Monoplex pilearis. New Georgia, Solomons. Family Cymatiidae. Left: camouflaged against a rock. Right: flipped over to show the aperture.
Ficus ventricosa. Isla Gobernadora, Pacific Panama. Family Ficidae.
Epitonium simplex. Lavanono, Madasgascar. Family Epitoniidae.
Gyroscala lamellosa 'complex'. Lavanono, Madasgascar. Family Epitoniidae. Probably G. lamellosa is a group of species.
Latirus mediamericanus with eggs. Isla Cebaco, Pacific Panama. Family Fasciolariidae.
Harpa amouretta. Shimoni, Kenya. Family Harpidae.
Morum tuberculosum. Isla Cebaco, Pacific Panama. Family Harpidae.
Lyria pauljohnsoni. Lavanono, Madagascar. Family Volutidae.
Mitra mitra. Isla Naranjo, Pacific Panama. This living 61.2mm shell represents a significant range extension. M. mitra is considered an Indo-Pacific species, although it has been recorded in the Galápagos.
Ancilla atimovatae. Lavanono, Madagacsar. Family Ancillariidae. The shell of A. ventricosa is almost indistinguishable, but the mantle of A. ventricosa is cream with grey mottling – very different from the purple mantle of A. atimovatae.
Conus archiepiscopus. Wasini Island, Kenya. Family Conidae. This shell is burying itself in the sand.
Conus dalli. Isla Cebaco, Pacific Panama. Family Conidae.
Chelidonura varians. New Georgia, Solomons. Family Aglajidae.
Felimare agassizii. Bique, Pacific Panama. Family Chromodorididae.
Hypselodoris emma. Wasini Island, Kenya. Family Chromodorididae.