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Requesting id Madagascar south coast marine shells
04-04-2007, 12:47 PM,
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Requesting id Madagascar south coast marine shells
The first one is Thais bufo (Lamarck, 1822) (family Muricidae)

The second one is a Clypeomorus (family Cerithiidae). I'm not certain of the exact species. There are a number of these that are quite similar. Clypeomorus petrosum (Wood, 1828) would be my best guess. You may find this listed in various sources as Cerithium petrosum or Clypeomorus petrosus.

The third one is, as you said, an oyster (family Ostreidae). Again not 100% certain of the species but it's close to Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778), which does occur in South Africa.
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