please help!!! i know nothing about seashells

[paul monfils]

Numbering top row 1 to 8, left to right; bottom row 9 to 13, left to right ...

#1,5,6,7,10,11,12 are all Olive Shells, Oliva. Most of these are Oliva sayana, Lettered Olive, from Florida, but some are too worn to be sure of the species.

#2 is Terebra dislocata, Atlantic Auger, Virginia to the Caribbean.

#3 is a Cone Shell, Conus sp. Looks like Conus furvus, Indo-Pacific.

#4 is a juvenile Busycon sinistrum, Lightning Whelk (formerly called Busycon contrarium), Florida. This grows to over a foot in length.

#8 is Oliva lignaria, Ornate Olive, Indo-Pacific.

#9 Can't be certain due to small size of picture and lack of detail, but based on size and shape of the shell I believe it is Tectarius muricatus, beaded Periwinkle.

All of these are very common species and the only ones in good enough shape to be of any interest to collectors are #6, #9, and possibly #2.  <span class="petit">--Last edited by Paul Monfils on 2007-08-28 05:25:09 --</span>