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Help with identification - Bunburyite - 06-15-2014
Can anyone help identify the attached shell. Found in Western Australia....Strombidae of some sort perhaps? Surprised by its size.
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RE: Help with identification - paul monfils - 06-16-2014
Yes, Strombidae. I believe this is a juvenile Lambis chiragra. It gets a lot bigger than this.
RE: Help with identification - Bunburyite - 06-16-2014
(06-16-2014, 01:50 AM)paul monfils Wrote: Yes, Strombidae. I believe this is a juvenile Lambis chiragra. It gets a lot bigger than this.Thank you very much. I've looked up the Lambis Chiragra now to see what it would have looked like. What a shame it didn't get to grow to maturity. Thank you again.