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Common Spindle Shell (Colus gracilis)

Helical Shells
Large Necklace Shell	Common Whelk
Red Whelk	Common Spindle Shell
Common Winkle	Flat Periwinkle
Dog Whelk	Netted Dog Whelk
Sting Winkle	Grey Top Shell
Painted Top Shell	Purple Top Shell
Thick Top Shell	Tower Shell
Needle Shell	Common Wendletrap
Acteon Shell	Pelican's Foot Shell

Bivalves
Cockle	Dog Cockle
Prickly Cockle	Norwegian Cockle
Pullet Carpet Shell	Cross-cut Carpet Shell
Banded Carpet Shell	Smooth Clam
Iceland Cyprina	Common Mussel
Otter Shell	Sand Gaper
Blunt Gaper	American Piddock
Blunt Tellin	Rayed Artemis
Smooth Artemis	Warty Venus
Peppery Furrow Shell	Edible Oyster
Portuguese Oyster	King Scallop
Variegated Scallop	Hunchback Scallop
Striped Venus	Thick Trough Shell
Cut Trough Shell	Rayed Trough Shell
Banded Wedge Shell	Faroe Sunset Shell
Thin Tellin	Baltic Tellin
Bean Tellin	Pod Razor
Bean Razor	Curved Razor

Everything Else
Bonnet Shell	Common Limpet
Slipper Limpet	Common Tusk Shell
Cowrie Shell	European Cowrie

Common Spindle Shell

The Spindle Shell is usually narrower than whelks, and white in colour. Up to 2¾ inches in height and 1¼ inches wide. The siphonal canal bends sharply to the right (if held with the aperture to the top).