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Identification - Abdul Azeez Abdul Hakeem - 07-01-2014

Kindly identify the shell
Measurements are in cmWink


RE: Identification - paul monfils - 07-02-2014

This appears to be a juvenile ("bulla stage") cowrie, family Cypraeidae.  Too immature to guess the species, though if you know where it was collected a reasonable guess might be possible.


RE: Identification - Abdul Azeez Abdul Hakeem - 07-02-2014

The cowrie was collected in south of Maldives (Thaa Atoll) in a beach reclamation area.