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Shells from Puerto Peñasco Mexico - luigi_67 - 04-29-2008

DEar Friends Help me with these shells

1,. the first one an Ancilla from Puerto Peñasco Sonora Mexico
Mexican North pacific
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The next i found it in Cozumel Quintana Roo Mexico one year ago is a small cypraea i think is a juvenile deer cowrey .

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and the third one is a beutifull shell that i found two weeks ago in the coast of the mexican caribbean close to the rocks size 10 mm aprox.
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and

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thank you for your help


Shells from Puerto Peñasco Mexico - luigi_67 - 04-29-2008

sorry for the pictures but i`m learnig how to use the picture posted


Shells from Puerto Peñasco Mexico - paul monfils - 04-29-2008

The first one appears to be an Olivella, not an Ancilla. May be Olivella volutella (Lamarck, 1811), but I am not certain of the species. The specimen is rather worn and faded.

The second shell is an immature Atlantic Gray Cowrie, Cypraea cinerea  Gmelin.

The third one is Nitidella nitida (Lamarck), in the family Columbellidae.