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i need help identifying this shell please - chastidyllaws - 08-26-2007 I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE SPECIES OR TYPE SHELL THIS IS, SORRY I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS SHELL IT IS 4 INCHES LONG, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE VALUE IF ANY AND IF IT IS RARE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME<a href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1348659" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1348659">http://www.badongo.com/pic/1348659</a><!-- m --></a> <a href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1348674" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1348674">http://www.badongo.com/pic/1348674</a><!-- m --></a> <a href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1348687" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1348687">http://www.badongo.com/pic/1348687</a><!-- m --></a> i need help identifying this shell please - paul monfils - 08-26-2007 Busycon carica eliceans, Kiener's Whelk, ranges from North Carolina to Florida.  Value in prime condition $10.00 to $12.00, but this is clearly a worn and chipped beach specimen. Most non-collectors think of beach-collected shells as the norm. But serious collectors usually want live-collected specimens that have not been tossed around by the waves, ground down by the sand, and bleached by the sun.