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An unknown shell found in Puget Sound
02-22-2009, 01:08 PM,
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An unknown shell found in Puget Sound
It appears to be Vasum turbinellum, a common Indo-Pacific species that is sold in grab bags in tourist shops worldwide.  Someone must have dropped it there.  Such common Indo-Pacific shells show up on Florida beaches pretty often.  People buy a plastic-wrapped basket of shells at a gift shop, then discard the ones they don't want - sometimes on the beach!  I found a Cypraea caputserpentis on the beach on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  <span class="petit">--Last edited by Paul Monfils on 2009-04-18 06:43:52 --</span>
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