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New to shelling, need IDs please
12-02-2011, 09:32 PM,
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Re: New to shelling, need IDs please
Hi,
concerning shell08, it´s really a little bit difficult to decide without knowing the origin and the size. Both would be very helpful. In Achatinidae, the whorls normally are a little bit more konvex and the sutures deeper. Furthermore the columella is truncated in Achatinidae. The general shell shape, the columella and the smooth and continuous aperture margin strongly reminds me of a bleeched specimen of Orthalicus (perhaps Orthalicus princeps, family Orthalicidae), a genus widespread in Central America and Florida. Orthalicus (O. princeps and other species of this genus) normally reaches a shell hight of about 50-55 mm (slightly more than 2 inches), at it´s best.
Kind regards: wolf  Smile
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New to shelling, need IDs please - by wateryworld - 12-01-2011, 06:47 AM
Re: New to shelling, need IDs please - by wolfi - 12-02-2011, 09:32 PM
Re: New to shelling, need IDs please - by wolfi - 12-03-2011, 04:47 AM
Re: New to shelling, need IDs please - by wolfi - 12-03-2011, 05:53 AM

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