Forums SEASHELL-COLLECTOR
PHENACOLEPADIDAE or CAPULIDAE - Printable Version

+- Forums SEASHELL-COLLECTOR (http://forum.seashell-collector.com)
+-- Forum: Seashell Collector's Forum (http://forum.seashell-collector.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=3)
+--- Forum: Shells identification Help (http://forum.seashell-collector.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=5)
+--- Thread: PHENACOLEPADIDAE or CAPULIDAE (/showthread.php?tid=13224)



PHENACOLEPADIDAE or CAPULIDAE - NMarshman - 12-23-2015

PHENACOLEPADIDAE or CAPULIDAE or something else
Location: Gab Gab Beach, Guam
Size: 21mm
any idea what species?


RE: PHENACOLEPADIDAE or CAPULIDAE - paul monfils - 12-24-2015

Looks like Phenacolepas crenulatus (Broderip), as shown in Poppe's Philippine Marine Mollusks, and several other sources. However, there are a number of online sources that show a somewhat different shell as crenulatus.


RE: PHENACOLEPADIDAE or CAPULIDAE - NMarshman - 12-25-2015

confirmed thank you