As I described in my journal entry, http://www.inaturalist.org/journal/gcwarbler/4713,
we had a special opportunity on Sept. 29 after an overnight storm with a very low tide in the early morning. We hiked up Bowman's Beach as the last of the rain showers were passing over. We arrived at a high energy area (strongest surf and currents) and had the best shelling of our entire visit.

None of the shell groups on the beach are staged; these are just random images of the mass of shells which had been thrown onto the beach by the "storm" waves (which weren't particularly rough). In each of the full frame images, I have identified from 18 to 25 different species of mollusks. You can see many Florida fighting conchs, many of which were still alive. Other large shells visible in these images include Southern surfclams, stiff penshells, calico scallops, Atlantic giant cockles, and many ark shells. A lettered olive can be seen in the first array, near the lower center of the image.

The last image shows some of the nicer shells my wife collected on this one visit to Bowman's Beach.

In subsequent uploads, I'll be documenting the entire array of mollusk species we encountered on this trip.

Legal Notice: No living mollusks were collected in these shelling efforts. Quite the contrary, we spent a lot of energy returning hundreds of stranded live conchs and whelks into the surf.