| Name | Description | Sunk | GPS |
| 60 ft steel | Tuesday (?) Sept 28, 1999 |
40°32.120′ -73°39.605′ |
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| 40 ft steel dredge |
Thursday Sept 28, 2000 |
40°32.048′ -73°39.326′ |
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| 40 ft steel dredge |
Thursday Sept 28, 2000 |
40°32.015′ -73°39.295′ |
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| 37 ft steel crane |
2003 | 40°32.162' -73°39.481' |
These creatures are all of the order Gastropoda - having a single, often coiled, shell, as opposed to the bivalves, which have two matching shells. Most snails are hermaphroditic. Also, most snails have a right-hand twist to the shell, although there are exceptions.
Right:
X-ray image of a Channeled Whelk, showing internal structure.
Nudibranchs are a form of snail that has lost its shell, while Corollas and Sea Butterflies are snails that have abandoned not just their shells, but the snail-like existence entirely, swimming up into the water column as plankton.
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