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07-10-2014, 10:59 PM,
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Hi

Please could you help identify this.

We picked it up on the beach at Stilbaai, South Africa.

It is about 10cm by 14 cm.

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Robert
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07-10-2014, 11:15 PM, (This post was last modified: 07-11-2014, 05:47 AM by paul monfils.)
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RE: help identify
This is Argonauta argo.  This is not a true shell, but actually an egg case or brood chamber of an octopus-like animal. It is often referred to as a "paper nautilus"  You can get more information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonaut_(animal)
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07-10-2014, 11:28 PM, (This post was last modified: 07-11-2014, 05:47 AM by paul monfils.)
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(07-10-2014, 11:15 PM)paul monfils Wrote: This is Argonauta argo.  This is not a true shell, but actually an egg case or brood chamber of an octopus-like animal.  It is often referred to as a "paper nautilus"  You can get more information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonaut_(animal)
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