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MORE SEASHELLS - chastidyllaws - 08-26-2007
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MORE SEASHELLS - paul monfils - 08-27-2007
Numbering the top row 1-6, left to right, and the bottom row 7-12, left to right ...
#1,5,6,9,and 10 appear to be Oliva sayana, Lettered Olive Shell, from Florida and nearby waters.
#12 is also an Oliva, and may be O. sayana, but it is too worn to tell for sure.
#3 is Oliva lignaria, Ornate Olive, a common Indo-Pacific species.
#2 is a single valve of Arcinella cornuta, Spiny Jewel Box, Southeastern United States.
#4 is a Conus, probably Conus furvus, called "Dark Cone" or simply Furvus Cone, Indo-Pacific.
#7 is an altered (cut or ground) Strombus urceus, Little Bear Conch, Indo-Pacific.
#8 is an immature Faciolaria lilium, Banded Tulip Shell, Southeastern U.S.A.
#11 is Babylonia areolata, Spotted Babylon Whelk or Areola Babylon Whelk, western Pacific.
All these species are common to abundant.