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Spikey Shell Identification - happy-and-cute - 09-20-2017

Can anyone identify this spikey, peculiar shell?


RE: Spikey Shell Identification - wolfi - 09-20-2017

Hi "happy-and-cute",
it´s not part of a mollusc, but a "carapax" of some sort of crustacean.
Kind regards: wolf


RE: Spikey Shell Identification - happy-and-cute - 09-24-2017

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