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Hello everybody!

Over some time I have posted progressively better pictures of this shell, in the hope that someone can identify it for me. It is probably from Philippines.
Here goes:

[img width=640 height=480]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BrAckYnqLbc/Tg8Nao-tA1I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/tUQA6ZEpLKw/s1600/DSC01727.JPG[/img]

[img width=640 height=426]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pk-kJC4Il4c/Tg8NJ6QansI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/flPP-0TQgjQ/s1600/Petxinota%2B005.jpg[/img]

[Image: Petxinota%2B004.jpg]

Any help you can offer to classify this difficult shell will be very welcome!

Thanks!

Emma.
It looks like a Buccinidae family shell. I cannot help further.
Ok, thank you!