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Sea shell? or something else?
10-03-2009, 02:14 PM,
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Sea shell? or something else?
This is a "cuttlebone", the internal "shell" of a cuttlefish, which is a relative of squid and octopus.  I didn't realize cuttlefish occur in Japan, but apparently so.

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.  <span class="petit">--Last edited by Paul Monfils on 2009-10-03 18:17:01 --</span>
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Sea shell? or something else? - by paul monfils - 10-03-2009, 02:14 PM
Sea shell? or something else? - by petershell - 10-18-2009, 11:44 AM
Sea shell? or something else? - by dave r - 10-18-2009, 02:32 PM

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