Atlantic Gray CowryTalparia cinerea
(1: Newman's Wall, Roatan)
Atlantic Thorny OysterSpondylus americanus
(1: CoCo View Wall, Roatan / 2-3: Newman's Wall, Roatan / 4: Forty Foot Point, Roatan / 5-6: CoCo View Resort, Roatan)
Atlantic Wing-OysterPteria colymbus
(1: Newman's Wall, Roatan / 2: Anka's Place, Roatan / 3: CoCo View Wall, Roatan)
Carrot Cone SnailConus daucus
(1: CoCo View Resort, Roatan)
Filose TurbanTurbo cailletii
(1-2: Prince Albert, Roatan)
Flamingo TongueCyphoma gibbosum
(1,4: Prince Albert, Roatan / 2: Harold's Hotel, Roatan / 3,5,8: First Bight, Roatan / 6: CoCo View Wall, Roatan / 7: Newman's Wall, Roatan)
The flamingo tongue is a cowry. Most of the time, its mantle is out covering the shell, but occasionally you'll see one that's pulled back: (1: Valley of the Kings, Roatan)
This one is laying eggs: (1: Prince Albert, Roatan)
Measled CowryMacrocypraea zebra
(1: Prince Albert, Roatan)
Milk ConchLobatus costatus
(1: CoCo View Wall, Roatan / 2-3: Prince Albert, Roatan)
Queen ConchLobatus gigus
(1-3: CoCo View Resort, Roatan)
Found in shallow tidal waters and turtle grass. Its shells are used by several of the larger species of hermit crabs.
Rough FileclamCtenoides scabra
(1: Newman's Wall, Roatan / 2: Osman's Reef, Roatan)
Stocky CerithCerithium litteratum
(1: CoCo View Resort, Roatan)
West Indian Top SnailCittarium pica
(1-4: CoCo View Resort, Roatan)
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