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Need identififcation help with shell colected in southern california
03-26-2010, 03:23 PM,
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Need identififcation help with shell colected in southern california
I found this shell in a tide pool in southern california

possibly a abalone not sure

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03-26-2010, 03:51 PM,
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Need identififcation help with shell colected in southern california
It is not an Abalone I am afraid, it is a mussel shell, Mytilus, probably edulis.
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