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Hermit crabs use shells to protect their soft abdomen. This page tells you what kind of shells your hermit crabs will wear. Hermit crab wear the conch-like shells.
The shell must have a pretty big opening. It can't have a narrow one.
C. Compressus / Ecuardoians - Es like shells with D-shaped openings. Some examples of shells with D-shaped openings are: Natica tigrina, Natica lineata, Turbo petholatus, Whales Eye, Cassis vibex, Bursa rana, nerite, nerita scabricosta, T. tuberosa, T. mutabilis, Striped/Calf moon shell
Purple Pincher / C. clypeatus Clypeatus like shells with circular openings. An example of a shell with a circular opening is a turbo.
Straws / C. Perlatus - Straws like turbos and frogs. These are the ones with circular openings.
C. Cavipes / Cavs - Cavs like Babylonia, Aerolata, Land snail shells that are long and cone shaped, cancellaria shells.
All of the rest aren't specific.
The perfect-fitting shell will have an opening about the size of the large claw plus about 1/8" all around (for larger crabs it will be more) or 1/10" all around. You're ultimately looking for a shell whose entrance the crab will be able to plug with his or her large claw and far left walking leg.
More information at this site. Hermit-crabs.com is NOT my site
