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sand dollar rug sand dollar Taking live sand dollars home from a South Carolina beach could cost 3 ways to spot the difference between.Photo courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I am the western sand dollar, scientifically known as Dendraster excentricus. Contrary to popular belief, I am .Sand dollars are scientifically classified in the order Clypeasteroida, and there are many varieties and species in that classification. These flat, .Sand dollars are living sea creatures that belong to a family of sea urchins and starfish. They typically congregate in hundreds along the New .Ohio boy vacationing with his family in Florida discovered what his family believes could be a new record for the world's largest sand dollar..Sand dollars — sometimes called sea cookies, snapper biscuits, sand cakes, cake urchins, or pansy shells — are species of flat, burrowing echinoids that .Sand Dollars (people usually refer to the southern Keyhole Urchin as a Sand Dollar, too) are approximately...