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Need Shell ID help
09-28-2007, 11:13 AM,
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luther Offline
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Need Shell ID help
Can someone please help me identify the shell and other marine organism in the images below

<a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd104/Boris1_photos/th_DSC02378.jpg" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd104/Boris1_photos/th_DSC02378.jpg">http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd10 ... C02378.jpg</a><!-- m --></a>


<a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd104/Boris1_photos/th_DSC02379.jpg" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd104/Boris1_photos/th_DSC02379.jpg">http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd10 ... C02379.jpg</a><!-- m --></a>
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09-28-2007, 02:04 PM,
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The shell appears to be a brachiopod, a bivalved animal that is not a mollusk. They are very common in many older fossil deposits. There are many hundreds, perhaps thousands, of species. They are not my forte. I can't name this one.

The other picture doesn't show enough detail to venture a guess.
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