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Can anyone identify this spikey, peculiar shell?
Hi "happy-and-cute",
it´s not part of a mollusc, but a "carapax" of some sort of crustacean.
Kind regards: wolf
Dear Wolf, thanks for your help.

It must be a spider crab, the species of Maja Squinado.

More photos may be found at https://www.glaucus.org.uk/spider.htm

Best Wishes: happy-and-cute


(09-20-2017, 08:23 PM)wolfi Wrote: [ -> ]Hi "happy-and-cute",
it´s not part of a mollusc, but a "carapax" of some sort of crustacean.
Kind regards: wolf