(Lunella sp.)Lunella is a genus of turban shells. This one with a hermit crab in it is too eroded to...

Pacific Bubble (Bulla ampulla) タイワンナツメガイ – size 5cmThis is a side view of the Pacific Bubble S...

Terebellum Conch (Terebellum terebellum) トンボガイ – size 4cmTerebellum Conch live in the sand. Th...

Strawberry Drupe (Ricinella rubusidaeus) アカイガレイシThe Strawberry Drupe is a common shell in shallow wa...

Lynx Cowry (Lyncina lynx) ヒメホシダカラ – size 6cmThis is the first Lynx Cowry that I have found so ...

Striated Cone (Conus striatus) ニシキミナシ – size 13cmThe Striated Cone feeds on fish. It has a ven...

Chocolate Spotted Auger (Terebra subulata) タケノコガイ – size 20cmThe Chocolate Spotted Auger hunts...

Apple Tun (Malea pomum) イワカワトキワガイ – size 9cmThe Apple Tun is said to be found below 22m which ...

Pimpled Basket (Nassarius papillosus) サメムシロ – size 5cmThe Pimpled Basket is fairly common in H...

Horned Helmet (Cassis cornuta) トウカムリ – size 30cmHorned Helmets are large. They live in the san...

Orange Auger (Oxymeris dimidiata) ベニタケ – size 15cmThe Orange Auger is a long and sender Auger ...

Penniform Cone (Conus purus) size 7cmThe Penniform Cone is a Hawaii endemic species. They are found ...

Gaskoin’s Cowry (Cribrarula gaskoini) size 4cmThe Gaskoin’s Cowry has white spots on a t...

Tapestry Turban (Turbo petholatus) リュウテン – size 10cmThe Tapestry Turban has a smooth shell wit...

Checkered Cowry (Luria tessellata) ゴバンダカラ size 5cmThe Checkered Cowry was long thought to be an ende...

Granulated Cowry (Nucleolaria granulata) size 4cmThe Granulated Cowry is endemic to Hawaii. It is ve...

Groove-tooth Cowry (Lyncina sulcidentata) size 6cmThe Groove-tooth Cowry is a Hawaiian endemic shell...

Hawaiian Honey Cowry (Naria helvola hawaiiensis)(2021) カモンダカラ – size 3cmThe Hawaiian Honey is ...

Trivia Shell (Trivirostra sp.) – size 6mmTrivia shells are small often called false cowries. T...

Humpback Cowry (Mauritia mauritiana) ハチジョウダカラ – size 12cmThe Humpback Cowry is fairly large an...

Isabella Cowry (Luria isabella) ヤナギシボリダカラ – size 7cmThe Isabella Cowry is small slender dark o...

Leviathan Cowry (Lyncina leviathan) ハワイクチムラサキダカラ – size 10cmThe Leviathan Cowry is as the name...

Reticulated Cowry (Mauritia maculifera) – Mauritia maculifera maculifera – キッコウダカラ ̵...

Hawaiian Tiger Cowry (Cypraea tigris schilderiana) – size 12cmThe Hawaiian Tiger Cowry is an e...

Drupes are small shells in shallow water. They have spines that can be pointed. the tops are usually...

Chinese Horn (Rhinoclavis sinensis) トウガタカニモリ – size 5cmA Chinese Horn shell. Kauai 2015

Hawaiian Pearl Oyster (Pinctada galtsoffi) size 30cmThe Hawaiian Pearl Oyster was once considered a ...

Cliff Oyster (Spondylus candidus) ヤスリメンガイ – size 15cm Cliff Oysters are usually found on verti...

Lavender Whelk (Prodotia iostoma) カゴメホラダマシ – size 4cmFound under rocks and rubble. Whelks are ...

Limaria sp.Limaria is a genus of file shells. They live under rocks and have the ability to swim wit...

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 – Flea-bittenThe Flea Cone is a small cone...

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 – size 10cmThe Silver mouthed Turban is fo...

(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 hiding in a crack. Enoshima 2008

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. Amami 2...

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 2024

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 (size 10cm)The Egg Cowry is a large over 10cm cowry with a black mant...

Eroded Cowry (Erosaria erosa) コモンダカラ – size 5cmAn Eroded Cowry found empty. Amami 2024 Eroded ...

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 – size 3cmMoney Cowries were once used as money on many ...

Snakehead Cowry (Monetaria caputserpentis) ハナマルユキ – size 4cmThe Snakehead Cowry is a fairly co...

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. Amami 2024

(Nerita ocellata) オオアマガイThe Nerita ocellata is a common Nerite along the rocky shore. Amami 2024

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. Amami 2023 Close up of a nearby scallop. Amam...

(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 20...

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

Many-angled Spindle (Latirus polygonus) リュウキュウツノマタガイ – size 10cmA small Many-angled Spindle. A...

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...