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Mexican Snail from a stream and seasnail from Ecuador - shelleddie - 10-28-2009

Anybody help?

<a href="http://www.gastropods.com/ShellImages/Unidentified/hermit-crab-at-los-frailes.jpg" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gastropods.com/ShellImages/Unidentified/hermit-crab-at-los-frailes.jpg">http://www.gastropods.com/ShellImages/U ... railes.jpg</a><!-- m --></a>
<a href="http://www.gastropods.com/ShellImages/Unidentified/Pict0706.jpg" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gastropods.com/ShellImages/Unidentified/Pict0706.jpg">http://www.gastropods.com/ShellImages/U ... ct0706.jpg</a><!-- m --></a>

Thanks


Mexican Snail from a stream and seasnail from Ecuador - shelleddie - 10-28-2009

Ooopppsss - links should be

<a href="http://www.gastropods.com/Shell_Images/Unidentified/hermit-crab-at-los-frailes.jpg" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gastropods.com/Shell_Images/Unidentified/hermit-crab-at-los-frailes.jpg">http://www.gastropods.com/Shell_Images/ ... railes.jpg</a><!-- m --></a>
<a href="http://www.gastropods.com/Shell_Images/Unidentified/Pict0706.jpg" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gastropods.com/Shell_Images/Unidentified/Pict0706.jpg">http://www.gastropods.com/Shell_Images/ ... ct0706.jpg</a><!-- m --></a>


Mexican Snail from a stream and seasnail from Ecuador - paul monfils - 10-29-2009

The shell occupied by the hermit crab is a land snail.  Not the best angle for ID, but it appears to be Orthalicus phasianella  (Ferrusac, 1821).