Slide Show : Gastropod Shells

(Photo: Jean Allsopp)
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Periwinkles
These small (from 1/8 inch to 1¾ inches high), solidly built shells are smooth, sometimes sculpted, and round to oval in shape. Of the 23 species known in North American waters, almost all live in intertidal regions.