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Help with these live shells from Oman plz - david_touitou - 12-01-2008 Hello all, A friend of mine shot these little guys in Oman : <i>"I found this tiny mollusc (about 10 to 15mm) crawling about in the sand. At first I thought it was a nudibranch, but after noticing it's syphon, I decided it was some type of shell. It was hard to focus on something that small with the camera. It seemed to merge with the background when I was looking at it with my eye and I lost it a few times. Eventually it crawled under the sand and after a few seconds emerged. Then it did it again, but I never saw it re-emerge. I guess from it's behaviour it was hunting. I have attached below two photos of it. If you have any idea what it is or know someone that does, please let me know."</i> <img src="http://www.badongo.com/t/640/4808416" alt="http://www.badongo.com/t/640/4808416" style="border:0" /> <img src="http://www.badongo.com/t/640/4808421" alt="http://www.badongo.com/t/640/4808421" style="border:0" /> <i>"I've just been diving in the south of Oman, where I photographed several of these distinctively marked shells. I estimate that they were about 2cm long. I have no idea what they are, if you do, please let me know."</i> <img src="http://www.badongo.com/t/640/4808425" alt="http://www.badongo.com/t/640/4808425" style="border:0" /> Thanks DAVID  <span class="petit">--Last edited by David on 2008-12-01 21:04:47 --</span> Help with these live shells from Oman plz - mauro - 12-01-2008 The first one is from Family CYSTISCIDAE, probably in Genus Gibberula. Mauro Help with these live shells from Oman plz - dave r - 12-02-2008 David, I would say the second picture would be Fasciolariidae, maybe Pleuroploca or Latirus but I have never seen anything that blue. Is it a periostracum? could it possibly be lignaria? Dave Help with these live shells from Oman plz - sakura-of-the-sea - 05-23-2009 WOW! The second snail looks fluorescent! Beautiful photo!