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What is this shell? - mschiebe - 03-29-2008 This is probably a very ordinary shell, but I don't know what it is.  I found it on the beach in Galveston, Texas. <a href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/3247353" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/3247353">http://www.badongo.com/pic/3247353</a><!-- m --></a> What is this shell? - chromodoris - 03-29-2008 This is a crab shell (carapace).  Looks like a purse crab (Persephona sp.)  <span class="petit">--Last edited by Chromodoris on 2008-03-29 21:17:28 --</span>