Shell Identification - 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: Shell Identification (/showthread.php?tid=473)

Shell Identification - kent - 07-27-2007 Can you help me with these 5 shells? <a href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/915696" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/915696">http://www.badongo.com/pic/915696</a><!-- m --></a> Shell Identification - paul monfils - 07-27-2007 Center - Amusium japonicum, Japanese Moon Scallop Upper Left - Conus textile, Textile Cone Upper Right - Cypraea arabica, Arabian Cowrie Left - Cypraea lynx, Lynx Cowrie Right - Conus miles, Soldier Cone Bottom - Oliva minacea, Orange-Mouth Olive Shell Shell Identification - kent - 07-27-2007 Thank you Paul. Any of them rare? Kent Shell Identification - paul monfils - 07-28-2007 No, they are all common to very common. The Amusium is the least common. It might retail for $5.00 in prime condition (This means a matched pair. I can't tell from the picture whether you have a complete shell or just a single valve. Single valves of bivalve species are generally not of much interest to collectors.) The others are worth less. The two cowries can be purchased from commercial shell warehouses for about $5.00 per gallon.  <span class="petit">--Last edited by Paul Monfils on 2007-07-28 05:20:26 --</span> Shell Identification - kent - 07-28-2007 Paul, you sure know how to crush a guy's dreams! Merci, Kent <img src="smile/kneu_drink.gif" alt="smile/kneu_drink.gif" style="border:0" />