A characteristic black mantle covers the shell. Can you identify the shell in this photo?Students and teachers for their projects without asking permission may use pictures of shells. Others will need to contact
corals@corals.org. A characteristic black mantle covers the shell. Can you identify the shell in this photo?
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An uncommon gastropod from Hawaii is the umbrella shell, Umbraculum sinicum.
The following shells were once considered very rare but now can be found in many private shell collections.
The golden cowry, Cypraea aurantium (left) and Cypraea guttata (right)
A,B and C are two forms of Conus gloriamaris, the glory of the sea cone. A and C are called the pale form. B measures 126mm from end to end. The cotton in C helps protect the fragile "lip" from breaking.
