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Shell Necklace - nikita pearl - 12-25-2009
this shell is a prezzie from dad he says its a cat eye but not quite to sure, its a circular white shell and sprials to the middle and has a brown patten which flows the sprial. i have up loaded a picture on the website below.
it would mean so much if some one could help me out
thanks heaps,
Nikita .P. Rose
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Shell Necklace - razgriz - 12-25-2009
Hi
I can not see well from the picture. But it would seem the first laps of a Conus marmoreus.
Shell Necklace - paul monfils - 12-26-2009
It definitely is not a cat eye, which is an operculum or "door" that closes a turban shell when the animal withdraws inside. Â Your shell doesn't appear to be a complete shell, but is probably a piece sawed off a shell. Â The opinion offered above by Razgriz is probably right. Â This does look like the spire (spiraled end), cut off a Conus marmoreus, commonly called "Marble Cone Shell". Â Here is what that shell looks like complete:
<a href="http://www.coneshell.net/images/c_marmoreus0006.jpg" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.coneshell.net/images/c_marmoreus0006.jpg">http://www.coneshell.net/images/c_marmoreus0006.jpg</a><!-- m --></a>
Notice how the end view of the shell, in the center, looks like the shell on your necklace.
. Â <span class="petit">--Last edited by Paul Monfils on 2009-12-26 00:18:25 --</span>
Shell Necklace - nikita pearl - 12-26-2009
thank use both for that it your both right it means alot thanks again
kindess regrads
Nikita,P, Rose