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Photos of Gastropod Mollusks taken through a microscope.

These minute mollusks were in seaweed found in tide pools or at the edge of the ocean on Sunset Beach, North Carolina. If they fit entirely into the frame of the photo, they are about 1/32" to 1/16" inch wide.

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Variable dwarf olive shell -- first
  
Variable dwarf olive shell -- second
Variable dwarf olive shell -- third
Variable dwarf olive shell -- fourth, minute
  
Either similar shells or the same shell
  
Maybe a dove shell
  
Wentletraps
  
These are different shells with the same pattern. One has pearly enamel.
Possibly moon snails, less than 1/16" wide
 
Another moon snail, 1/32" wide
 
Top and bottom of same shell
Rice olive shell
  
  
 
Slipper shell "shelf"