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unidentified japanese shells - conchylinet - 12-02-2009 Hello, I hope somebody can help me with these miscellanous shells from Japan. They are from around Hiroshima and are rather small (between 20 and 40mm). I guess they are very common but I have nothing in my library to identify them. Thanks. Pierre. These are from Miyagima is. <img src="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/jpmiya.jpg" alt="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/jpmiya.jpg" style="border:0" /> and those from Naoshima is. <img src="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/jpnoa.jpg" alt="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/jpnoa.jpg" style="border:0" /> unidentified japanese shells - mikede - 12-03-2009 From the second picture: A: Protothaca jedoensis (Lischke, 1874) B: Fulvia sp. C: Psammobiidae sp. Mike unidentified japanese shells - conchylinet - 12-08-2009 Thanks Mike, no idea for the 1st picture shells? unidentified japanese shells - mikede - 12-09-2009 Hello Pierre, I did some research and this is what came up (besides of just the family identification as for the gastropods): Picture 1: 4: Coecella chinensis (Deshayes, 1855) 5: Tapes sp., probably Tapes belcheri (Sowerby, 1853) Picture 2: B: Fulvia mutica (Reeve, 1844)  <span class="petit">--Last edited by mikede on 2009-12-09 01:04:42 --</span> unidentified japanese shells - conchylinet - 12-11-2009 Thanks again for your help Mike. unidentified japanese shells - dave r - 12-11-2009 #1 Batillaria zonalis #2 Nassarius species #3 ? juvenile Modiolus species #4 Mactridae #5 ? Ruditapes philippinarum. They seem to have got everywhere else, I find them commonly here is Southern England! unidentified japanese shells - paul monfils - 12-12-2009 3 - Looks like Musculus (Musculista) senhousia C - Looks like Soletellina atrata