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What is this shell?
03-29-2008, 04:55 PM,
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What is this shell?
This is probably a very ordinary shell, but I don't know what it is.  I found it on the beach in Galveston, Texas.

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03-29-2008, 06:17 PM,
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This is a crab shell (carapace).  Looks like a purse crab (Persephona sp.)  <span class="petit">--Last edited by Chromodoris on 2008-03-29 21:17:28 --</span>
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