Category: SEASHELLS

Protoreaster nodosus.

They are found in the Indo-West Pacific waters.

Resources.

• https://www.sealifebase.org/summary/Protoreaster-nodosus.html
• http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213285
• http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/protoreaster.htm

Lobatus gigas (formerly known as Strombus gigas).

They are also known as “pink conch” and are quite massive. They can be found in the tropical Atlantic waters, Carribean, southern Florida, southern Mexico.

Resources.

• http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565394
• http://www.fao.org/3/Y5261E/y5261e07.htm
• http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=caribbean_diving_guide&id=399

Astraea undosa.

They live in eastern Pacific waters in the inter-tidal zone.

Resources.

• http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718583
• https://bioone.org/journals/pacific-science/volume-71/issue-4/71.4.9/Diet-of-the-Wavy-Turban-Snail-Megastraea-undosa-Gastropoda/10.2984/71.4.9.short
• https://www.shells-of-aquarius.com/astraea_undosa.html

Haliotis sorenseni.

They are found in the benthic regions of tropical Indo-Pacific waters.

Resources.

• https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/invertebrates/white_abalone/natural_history.html
• https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/white-abalone

Cypraea Tigris.

They are found in the benthic regions of tropical Indo-Pacific waters.

Resources.

• http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216843
• https://www.sealifebase.org/summary/Cypraea-tigris.html

Cypraea Annulus.

Resources.

• http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216777

Cypraea arabica.

Arabic cowrie are found in the benthic region of tropical Indo-Pacific waters.

Resources.

• https://www.sealifebase.ca/summary/Cypraea-arabica.html
• https://www.shells-of-aquarius.com/cowry-shell.html