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IDing Shells - khyber - 01-06-2010
Hello,
Could use some help identifying these shells:
From Uruguay, approx 39cm. Â Want to say it's a Odontocymbiola Magellanica, but it's way too big according to textbooks.
<a href="http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8038/uru2.jpg" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8038/uru2.jpg">http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8038/uru2.jpg</a><!-- m --></a>
<a href="http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7881/uru1.jpg" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7881/uru1.jpg">http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7881/uru1.jpg</a><!-- m --></a>
<a href="http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5724/uru3.jpg" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5724/uru3.jpg">http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5724/uru3.jpg</a><!-- m --></a>
From Costa Rica, Pacific side:
<a href="http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4387/costariccm.jpg" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4387/costariccm.jpg">http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4387/costariccm.jpg</a><!-- m --></a>
Any help would be great,
Thanks
IDing Shells - mikede - 01-06-2010
The second shell is a Jenneria pustulata <a href="http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_134.shtml" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_134.shtml">http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_134.shtml</a><!-- m --></a>
IDing Shells - dave r - 01-06-2010
Could it be Adelomelon beckii?
IDing Shells - khyber - 01-07-2010
Thanks for the help.