ID of shells found on east coast of UAE / Oman

[dave r]

Hi Em, I will try my best but as I said before, you really need to show both top and bottom views to identify a lot of shells.
#9 looks to be , top to bottom; Cypraea arabica, Arabian Cowry; C. grayana, Gray's Cowry; C. histrio, Actor Cowry
#10 C.pantherina, Panther Cowry
#11 C.turdus, Thrush Cowry
#12 Trochidae species, possibly Trochus radiata but need to see the aperture.
#13 Architectonica perspectiva, Perspective Sundial
#14 C. leviathan titan or C. carneola, again need to see aperture.
Cheers,
Dave

[hobbes1]

well, I had a bit of time so have tried my hand at creating photo collages... fingers crossed!

some of them may be duplicates of ones shown previously, but thought would include them anyway, just in case it helps!

I will perfect the photo taking technique when I have some more time

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[hobbes1]

lovely thank you, that is much appreciated

only had 1 specimen of the ones which showed only one view - didnt have time to photograph both ways and then show side by side - will do for number 12 & 14 when have some time during the week

will also do my best re photographing the new little lot I found yesterday!!

[dave r]

Hi Em, you have given me a lot to identify and a lot of problems as some are just too worn to name, but here goes.
#14 Cypraea carneola juvenile
#15 Chicoreus virgineus
#16 Polynices sp. Poss. tumidus
#17 Fusinus sp. Poss. arabicus
#18 Murex forskoehlii
#19 ? Gibbula sp. Too worn to i.d.
#20 Cypraea grayana
#21 Turbo coronatus
#22 Nassarius distortus
#23 Cypraea erosa
#24 Semicassis sp. Poss bisulcata? Too worn to i.d.
#25 Pinctada sp. too worn again. This is one of the true pearl oysters.
#26 Natica sp. poss. vitellus too worn.
#27 Cypraea grayana
#28 No idea
#29 Nassarius sp. poss. distorta but far too worn to i.d.
#30 Poss. Gyrineum sp., again too worn.
#31 Cypraea grayana
#32 Cypraea turdus
#33 Cypraea erosa (very worn)
#34 Conus sp. poss. dictator
#35 Duplicaria duplicata
I have done my level best but as I said, some are far too worn to identify. If anyone else fancies helping feel free to chip in!
Dave

[hobbes1]

Dave, you are a star! thank you - yes, I realised some were quite worn from my last little sortie, but thought it would be worth having an idea what they are, for future reference

that way, I can look out for them and know in advance! yay

this is a whole new venture for me, and becoming more interesting by the minute, thanks to your input and other website info etc

I think that is me done for now! I seem to have a lot to work on, little catalogue to start up, etc etc and I now know lots of the shells which are to be found on our shores here

thank you very much again