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Nacellidae from Seychelles - ale.v - 07-05-2008 Hello, I have several unidentified shells from Seychells. For example, these are two different nacellidae(?): Specimen #1: <a href="http://ll04.interfree.it/seychelles_1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://ll04.interfree.it/th_seychelles_1.jpg" alt="http://ll04.interfree.it/th_seychelles_1.jpg" style="border:0" /></a> Specimen #2: <a href="http://ll04.interfree.it/seychelles_2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://ll04.interfree.it/th_seychelles_2.jpg" alt="http://ll04.interfree.it/th_seychelles_2.jpg" style="border:0" /></a> Thank you, ale.v <img src="images/smiley/smile.gif" alt="" border="0" />  <img src="images/smiley/smile.gif" alt="" border="0" />  <span class="petit">--Last edited by ale.v on 2008-07-05 19:55:26 --</span> Nacellidae from Seychelles - dave r - 07-05-2008 Hi there. Specimen 1 is a Siphonaria sp, an air breathing mollusc that looks very like a limpet but belongs to a totally different family. The other 2 look like possibly Cellana radiata but a topside view would help. Dave Nacellidae from Seychelles - ale.v - 07-07-2008 Dear Dave, thank you for your answer. I can show the topside view for both the specimens. Specimen #1: <a href="http://ll04.interfree.it/seychelles_1b.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://ll04.interfree.it/th_seychelles_1b.jpg" alt="http://ll04.interfree.it/th_seychelles_1b.jpg" style="border:0" /></a> Specimen #2: <a href="http://ll04.interfree.it/seychelles_2b.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://ll04.interfree.it/th_seychelles_2b.jpg" alt="http://ll04.interfree.it/th_seychelles_2b.jpg" style="border:0" /></a> Looking for the siphonaria, I have found two possible choice: S. concinna and S. laciniosa, but I don't know if these shells are present in the Seychelles. Thank you again, ale.v Nacellidae from Seychelles - dave r - 07-07-2008 Yes, they are almost certainly <i>Cellana radiata</i>(Born 1778). This species occurs from East Africa to the Pacific. Sorry but I can't help with the Siphonaria, not my forte I'm afraid. Dave Nacellidae from Seychelles - conchylinet - 07-09-2008 Hi Ale, I also have found a few Siphonariidae in Seychelles but I identified them all as <i>Siphonaria ferruginea</i> (Reeve 1856). The biggest of them was 23mm. I can also have that id wrong... Nacellidae from Seychelles - ale.v - 07-11-2008 I cannot find any useful information or image about Siphonaria ferruginea, so I can't compare it. By the way, all my Siphonaria are also smaller than 25mm, as yours. Hope someone else could help us... ale