Slide Show : Gastropod Shells

(Photo: Jean Allsopp)
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Murex
About 140 species live in North America. With highly variable shells, most have spines or ribs and a lengthened canal on one end. Either elongated or round in shape, they range in size from ¼ inch to 10 inches high.