East Coast Shells

3. Tiny, colorful bivalve shells, often found in large quantities in the surf.
7. Not a true shell, but the rigid, flattened skeleton of a sea urchin, often found bleached white.
8. The hard, protective outer layer of a marine mollusk.
9. A white, elongated oval shell with cuts resembling feathers.
11. A large, spiraled sea snail shell, common types include channeled, knobbed, and lightning.
12. A heart-shaped bivalve shell with prominent radiating ribs.
15. The land along the edge of the sea.
16. A small, conical, often ornate spiral shell, also known as horned shells.
18. An invertebrate animal with a soft body, often protected by a shell.
19. Small, spiral shells, often found hidden in piles of other shells.
20. Smooth, shiny, cylindrical shell, often lettered with zigzag markings.
24. The ocean bordering the East Coast, where these shells are found.
25. The activity of searching for shells and other items on the shore.
26. A smooth, gracefully shaped shell with distinct horizontal bands, often pearly gray.
27. A long, thin, rectangular clam shell, resembling a straight razor.

1. A smooth, globe-shaped shell with a very pronounced spiral, often gray.
2. A type of mollusk with two hinged shells.
4. A thick, ribbed bivalve shell, common varieties include ponderous and transverse.
5. General term for a bivalve mollusk, includes surf, quahog, and razor varieties.
6. A boat-shaped shell with a flat internal "deck," often found in clusters.
7. Fan-shaped bivalve with radial ridges, often found in various colors like calico.
10. A type of mollusk with a single, typically spiraled shell.
13. Irregularly shaped bivalve, often lumpy and grey, found in colonies.
14. A small, ribbed, oval-shaped shell with a distinctive spiral.
17. A conical or cap-shaped shell without spiral whorls, sometimes with a keyhole opening.
21. Wedge-shaped bivalve, typically dark blue or black, often found still hinged.
22. Thin, translucent bivalve, also known as "mermaid's toenail," often found in black or gray.
23. A large, spiraled shell with a prominent spire, like the Florida horse conch.
24. A long, slender, spiraled shell resembling a drill bit or ice cream cone.