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Southwest Florida Shells Guide

This guide presents species of marine mollusks from Southwest Florida, focusing on the islands of Sanibel and Captiva, and extending farther south to the Ten Thousand Islands and north to Tampa Bay. The first version of this guide was posted online in 1998. Most specimens illustrated reside in the collection of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium, and all specimens originated from the study area.

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