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some sort of spondylus? - dlarsen5@austin.rr.com - 07-11-2008 Hello This is another shell I am trying to ID and see what part of the world it comes from Thank you Deborah <a href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/3965977" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/3965977">http://www.badongo.com/pic/3965977</a><!-- m --></a> some sort of spondylus? - dave r - 07-11-2008 Hi Deborah, it is a Spondylus but they are notoriously difficult to identify to species level. At first glance it could be<i> Spondylus barbatus</i> from the Philippines. What size is it? Dave some sort of spondylus? - paul monfils - 07-21-2008 It looks a lot like some forms of Spondylus americanus, from Florida and the Caribbean, and I'm guessing it is pretty large?  Maybe 5 inches or more?  If so I'm pretty sure it is Spondylus americanus.