Shell Identification requested by Kate Gray

[david touitou]

Can you identify this shell.

thanks

Kate Gray

<a href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/257043" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/257043">http://www.badongo.com/pic/257043</a><!-- m --></a>

<a href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/257044" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/257044">http://www.badongo.com/pic/257044</a><!-- m --></a>  <span class="petit">--Last edited by David Touitou  on 2006-08-09 04:53:14 --</span>

[paul monfils]

This is Cassis cornuta, the Horned Helmet, a common species from the tropical and sub-tropical Indo-Pacific region.