A Lightning Whelk?

[paul monfils]

Hi!  Yes, the first one appears to be a piece of a lightning whelk (Busycon sinistrum), and the second one a knobbed whelk (Busycon carica).

Here's a good reference site for shells of this type:

<a href="http://www.jaxshells.org/busycon.htm" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.jaxshells.org/busycon.htm">http://www.jaxshells.org/busycon.htm</a><!-- m --></a>  <span class="petit">--Last edited by Paul Monfils on 2009-09-12 05:52:16 --</span>