seashell identification – Seashells by Millhill

by Pam

The Beautiful Florida Fighting Conch

A post, with pictures, about the Florida Fighting Conch seashell.

by Pam

Seashell Identification Charts For Florida Shellers

I visit the “i love shelling” blog from time to time to see what vacationers to Sanibel Island, and the writer herself, have been finding along the Gulf Coast beach. On one visit I found a chart for sale to identify shells. But now the link no longer works… so….. So, instead I will direct […]

by Pam

Seashell Identification – Is This a Wentletrap?

I have a long, spiral shell with golden brown markings that I found along the Florida coastline. I’m not sure if it was found on the Gulf coast or on the beaches south of Daytona. I honestly don’t remember where most of my sea treasures came from, but we headed to the east coast beaches […]

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The Frog Shell

The frog shell is not extremely pretty as it tends to be covered in “limy deposits”. The St. Thomas Frog Shell (Bursa thomae) got it’s name because it was first discovered in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. It’s a small shell, growing only to a little over an inch long. Another frog shell – […]

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Seashell Identification: How It Began

I am not a seashell expert, just an everyday person who has taken an interest in identifying the Florida shells I have collected over the years. This page is about how and why the seashell identification blog began. The east coast Florida beaches never offered up a lot of shells, but coquinas and arks were […]

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Queen Conch Shells

The queen conch (pronounced “konk”), or pink conch, is becoming endangered. The strombus gigas can grow to be quite large and has a pearly pink inside. The shells I own (in the photo below) were purchased many years ago at a shell shop…can’t even remember where, but probably on Sanibel Island or Fort Meyers in […]