Shell Identification

[paul monfils]

Group 5:

1 Conus ebraeus
2,7 Melo sp., the shell body looks like Melo broderipii, but the flattened spines look like melo umbilicatus.
3 Conus marmoreus (or possibly Conus bandanus) (juvenile)
4 juvenile Melo, probably Melo broderippi
5 Harpa major
6 Harpa harpa
8 Harpa sp., may be Harpa ventricosa
9 (L) Harpa sp., may be Harpa cabritii; ® Harpa articularis
10 Phalium glaucum
11 uncertain - juvenile Phalium??
12 Phalium areola
14 Tonna sulcosa
16 Phalium bandatum
17 Tonna cepa
18 Tonna tessellata
19 Malea pomum
20 Tonna dolium
21 Bulla ampulla
22 Haliotis ovina
23 Tonna allium
24 Atys naucum
25 Bulla sp., probably Bulla vernicosa but could be Bulla ampulla
26 Babylonia areolata
27 (L) Hydatina albocincta; ® Hydatina physis
28 Nerita sp., can't ID the species from this angle
29 Hydatina zonata
30 Trochus niloticus (ground and polished)
31 (L) Calocochlia sp.; ® Calocochlia roissyana (land snails)
32 Trochus sp., probably Trochus stellatus
33 (L) Trochus sp. (polished); ® Trochus hanleyanus
34 Trochus niloticus
35 Tectus triserialis
36 Bolma erectospinosa
37 probably Trochus niloticus
38,40 Tectus conus
39 Helicostyla lignaria (land snail)
41 (L) Argobuccinum pustulosum, juvenile; ® Tectarius coronatus
42 Tectus triserialis
43 Maurea tigris
44 (L) three small Trochus, species uncertain
45 (L) Thiara cancellata; © Cyclophorus daraganicus (land snail); ® Helix aspersa (land snail)
46 Rapa rapa
47 (L) Monodonta labio; ® small Helicostyla, species uncertain (land snail)
48 Maurea punctulata
49,51,68 Turbo petholatus
50 Turbo marmoratus
52 Semicassis bisulcata
53 Tonna dolium
54,55,57,58,60,61,63 Neritina waigiensis (synonym: Neritina communis)
56 Tonna tessellata
59 Cancellaria mercadoi
62 Nerita sp., probably Nerita albicilla
64 Neritina coromandeliana
65,66 Neritina sp., species uncertain
70 Babylonia areolata
79 Bulla sp., probably Bulla vernicosa
81 Bulla vernicosa
98 Cypraea carneola
99 Cypraea mappa
100 Cypraea testudinaria
101 Cypraea aurantium
102 Cypraea argus
103 Cypraea tigris
104 Cypraea mappa
105 Cypraea mauritiana
106 Ovula ovum
107 I believe it is Cypraea pantherina, but it could be Cypraea tigris
108 Ovula ovum
109 Cypraea miliaris
110 (L) Cypraea vitellus; © Cypraea talpa ® Ovula ovum