These shells appear to be Crested Oysters or Ostrea equestris (Say, 1834). One has group of barnacles attached to it.
They were found by a 17 year old Lucien Pearson Beckner in
1889 at Naples, Florida, USA. Mr. Beckner was a mentor to Professor
James Conkin (1924-2017) and his natural history collection was left to
him upon his
death.
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