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Need help identifying this shell
06-22-2010, 12:19 PM,
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Need help identifying this shell
One more request.  The image on the left is helpful, but the one on the right is not.  Very important in land shell identification is a view of the interior of the aperture, like this:

<a href="http://members.cox.net/paulcyp/Pglobulosa.jpg" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://members.cox.net/paulcyp/Pglobulosa.jpg">http://members.cox.net/paulcyp/Pglobulosa.jpg</a><!-- m --></a>

There are often structures in the aperture - teeth, ridges, etc. - that are useful for identifying families as well as individual species.  Lack of such structures is also helpful in ruling out some families and identifying others.
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Need help identifying this shell - by smterry - 06-21-2010, 12:44 PM
Need help identifying this shell - by smterry - 06-21-2010, 01:34 PM
Need help identifying this shell - by paul monfils - 06-22-2010, 12:19 PM
Need help identifying this shell - by smterry - 06-22-2010, 01:10 PM

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