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please help!!! i know nothing about seashells - chastidyllaws - 08-28-2007
PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY SOME MORE SEASHELLS!! I SURE HOPE THAT I AM NOT WAISTING ANYONES TIME AND I AM VERY GREATFUL THAT SOMEONE IS TAKING THEIR TIME TO HELP ME!! PLEASE TELL WHAT FAMILY SPECIES WHERE THEY ARE FROM, AND IF THERE IS ANY VALUE TO THEM. Â THANK YOU THANK YOU<a href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1365106" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1365106">http://www.badongo.com/pic/1365106</a><!-- m --></a> <a href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1365135" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1365135">http://www.badongo.com/pic/1365135</a><!-- m --></a> Â <span class="petit">--Last edited by chastidyllaws on 2007-08-28 02:51:31 --</span>
please help!!! i know nothing about seashells - paul monfils - 08-28-2007
Numbering top row 1 to 8, left to right; bottom row 9 to 13, left to right ...
#1,5,6,7,10,11,12 are all Olive Shells, Oliva. Most of these are Oliva sayana, Lettered Olive, from Florida, but some are too worn to be sure of the species.
#2 is Terebra dislocata, Atlantic Auger, Virginia to the Caribbean.
#3 is a Cone Shell, Conus sp. Looks like Conus furvus, Indo-Pacific.
#4 is a juvenile Busycon sinistrum, Lightning Whelk (formerly called Busycon contrarium), Florida. This grows to over a foot in length.
#8 is Oliva lignaria, Ornate Olive, Indo-Pacific.
#9 Can't be certain due to small size of picture and lack of detail, but based on size and shape of the shell I believe it is Tectarius muricatus, beaded Periwinkle.
All of these are very common species and the only ones in good enough shape to be of any interest to collectors are #6, #9, and possibly #2. Â <span class="petit">--Last edited by Paul Monfils on 2007-08-28 05:25:09 --</span>