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shell id's - geo447 - 08-11-2009 [img]<center> <a href="http://s745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/geo447/?action=view&current=shells004.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/geo447/shells004.jpg" border="0" alt="2 back"></a><br /><br /> <a href="http://s745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/geo447/?action=view&current=shells003.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/geo447/shells003.jpg" border="0" alt="shell 2 front"></a><br /><br /> <a href="http://s745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/geo447/?action=view&current=shells002.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/geo447/shells002.jpg" border="0" alt="1 back"></a><br /><br /> <a href="http://s745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/geo447/?action=view&current=shells001.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/geo447/shells001.jpg" border="0" alt="shell 1 front"></a><br /><br /> </center>   theese belonged to my wifes grandmother and were in her collection i id'd all her others but didnt theese 2 someone told me they might be rare but i dont know can anyone help me thank you shell id's - dave r - 08-12-2009 Hi there. The first shell is Hexaplex nigritus, a common Murex shell from the Southern Californian area and the second is Harpa major from the Indo-Pacific region, also common. Dave shell id's - geo447 - 08-12-2009 ok thank you very much