Orange Auger (Oxymeris dimidiata) ベニタケ (size 16cm)Orange Augers hunt in the sand for food. Sometimes...

Flea Cone (Conus pulicarius) ゴマフイモ (size 8cm) also Flea-bittenThe Flea Cone is a small cone that hun...

Freckled Conch (Lentigo lentiginosus) イボソデガイ size 8cm also Silver ConchA Freckled Conch on the reef....

Little Ass Cowry (Palmadusta asellus) ウキダカラ size 2.8cmThe Little Ass Cowry is little and lives in th...

Costate Nerite (Nerita costata) フトスジアマガイThe Costate Nerite is a common grazing snail along the rocky...

Cerithium punctatum ゴマフカニモリ (size 2cm)Cerrthium punctatum is a small Horn shell of the inter tidal z...

Silver-mouthed Turban (Turbo argyrostomus) チョウセンサザエThe Silver mouthed Turban is found in the Souther...

(Purpura persica) ホソスジテツボラPurpura persica is a predatory shell that lives on rocks that are exposed ...

Abalone (Haliotis sp.) アワビAbalone at Enoshima.

Marlinspike Auger (Oxymeris maculata) リュウキュウタケMarlinspike Augers are large shells that live under th...

Spider Conch (Lambis lambis) クモガイThe Spider Conch doesn’t look like much from the top. The und...

Strawberry Conch (Conomurex luhuanus) マガキガイ also トビンニャ in AmamiStawberry Conch are commonly eaten wi...

Hebrew Cone (Conus ebraeus) マダライモThe Hebrew cone is small white with black pattern. Amami

Leopard Cone (Conus leopardus) クロフモドキThe Leopard Cone is large and lives in the sand. The periostrac...

Soldier Cone (Conus miles) ヤナギシボリイモThe Soldier Cone is venomous like other cone shells. The level of...

Textile Cone (Conus textile) タガヤサンミナシThe Textile Cone preys on other mollusks, mainly cowries. They ...

Arabian Cowry (Mauritia arabica asiatica) ヤクシマダカラThe Arabian Cowry looks like the Reticulated Cowry ...

Egg Cowry (Ovula ovum) ウミウサギガイThe Egg Cowry is a large over 10cm cowry with a black mantle. It feeds...

Eroded Cowry (Erosaria erosa) コモンダカラAn Eroded Cowry found empty. Amami Eroded Cowry found empty. Ama...

Gold Ring Cowry (Monetaria annulus) ハナビラダカラThe Gold Ring Cowry is much like the Money Cowry with a n...

Money Cowry (Monetaria moneta) キイロダカラMoney Cowries were once used as money on many remote Pacific an...

Snakehead Cowry (Monetaria caputserpentis) ハナマルユキThe Snakehead Cowry is a fairly common cowry in the...

Striped Fox Conch (Pleuroploca trapezium) イトマキボラ also Trapezium Horse ConchThe Striped Fox Conch has...

Episcopal Miter (Mitra mitra) チョウセンフデThe Episcopal Miter is a predatory shell that lives in the sand...

MurexI am not sure what kind of Murex these shells are. My best guess is Chicoreus brunneus ガンゼキボラ. ...

Ramosus Murex (Chicoreus ramosus) テングガイThe Ramosus Murex is a predatory shell that eats other gastro...

Caltrop Murex (Murex tribulus) オニホネガイThe Murex tribulus is a predatory shell that feeds on other gas...

Nerita plicata キバアマガイNerita plicata is also a common Nerite along the rocky shoreline.

(Nerita ocellata) オオアマガイThe Nerita ocellata is a common Nerite along the rocky shore. Amami

Turtle Limpet (Cellana testudinaria) オオベッコウガサ also OpihiThe Turtle Limpet has a smooth shell and a t...

These Oysters are common around here. They encrust the rocks around the high water line. They are ve...

Boring Scallop (Pedum spondyloideum) ウミギクモドキBoring Scallop are small and usually found in Porites co...

Honeycomb Oyster (Hyotissa hyotis) シャコガキ also Zigzag OysterThe Honeycomb Oyster is large and usually...

Scallops in a crack. I am not sure what kind they are. Close up of a nearby scallop. A Scallop with ...

(Tridacna sp.) Some Tridacna do not get very large. Others are small and will get large given a chan...

Giant Clam (Tridacna Sp.)This Clam is possibly Tridacna squamosa. It was close to 30 cm across. Amam...

Small Giant Clam (Tridacna maxima) シラナミガイ also Common Giant ClamTridacna maxima usually only gets to...

Flag Pen (Atrina vexillum) クロタイラギThe Flag Pen Shell is a large bivalve that is often eaten. Amami In...

Spiny Oyster (Spondylus varius) ミズイリショウジョウThe Spiny Oyster is often cemented to walls underwater. Th...

Horse Conch (Pleuroploca trapezium) イトマキボラThe Horse Conch is a type of spindle. Part of the animal i...

Many-angled Spindle (Latirus polygonus) リュウキュウツノマタガイA small Many-angled Spindle. Amami

Giant Top (Rochia nilotica) サラサバテイThe Giant Top can get over 10 cm in diameter. They are eaten and t...

Giant Hairy Triton (Monoplex parthenopeus) カコボラThe Giant Hairy Triton is good at blending in. They c...

Partridge Tun (Tonna perdix) ウズラガイThis is a partial shell. Live shells hunt sea cucumbers at night. ...

Great Green Turban (Turbo marmoratus) ヤコウガイThe Great Green Turban shell may not look like much here....

Sazae (Turbo sazae) サザエSazae Shells are a popular food item in Japan. Very good grilled in the shell...

Veined Rapa Whelk (Rapana venosa) アカニシThe Veined Rapa Whelk is predatory and feeds mainly on other m...

Warty Periwinkle (Nodilittorina trochoides) イボタマキビWarty Periwinkles are common along the High waterl...