Identification help needed for the following interesting sea shells

[david touitou]

Dear Collector,

Thank you for your congratulations. I think Paul should pass by the forum and will certainly help you with these shells. I personnally focused on few families and will not be helpful.
The only I can Id. is PICT0004.JPG which seems to be a <i>Conus litteratus</i> LINNAEUS, 1758 or <i>Conus eburneus</i>. Hwass, 1792. Can you give me its size (legnh) ? I think It it is closer to <i>Conus litteratus</i> though.


Thanks using this forum,

Happy Shelling,
David  <span class="petit">--Last edited by David Touitou  on 2006-09-03 19:36:15 --</span>

[the dream syndicate]

Hello guys! Wow this website is maybe the first of its kind I've ever seen online. Keep up the good work man!

Oh well, I am always interested in sea shells collecting but I've got zero knowledge on such. I've got a couple of them sitting around at home and would gladly appreciate identifications/appraisals on them. Thanks alot! Please see the pictures below.

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<a href="http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0003.JPG" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0003.JPG">http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0003.JPG</a><!-- m --></a>
<a href="http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0004.JPG" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0004.JPG">http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0004.JPG</a><!-- m --></a>
<a href="http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0005.JPG" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0005.JPG">http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0005.JPG</a><!-- m --></a>
<a href="http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0007.JPG" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0007.JPG">http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0007.JPG</a><!-- m --></a>
<a href="http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0008.JPG" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0008.JPG">http://sg.geocities.com/deepdoordown/PICT0008.JPG</a><!-- m --></a>

[paul monfils]

0001  Tonna olearium - Brown Tun Shell
0002  Cassis cornuta - Horned Helmet
0003  Turritella duplicata - Duplicate Turritella
0004  Conus litteratus - Lettered Cone
0005  Mitra mitra - Episcopal Miter
0007  Nautilus pompilius - Chambered Nautilus
0008  Pleuroploca trapezium - Trapezium Horse Conch

The Turritella is most likely from the Indian Ocean. The rest are wide ranging through the tropical Indo-Pacific region, but are most likely from the Southwest Pacific area. They are all common shallow water species, except the Nautilus, which is common but comes from relatively deep water.

[the dream syndicate]

Gee I'm impressed! Both of you guys must have encyclopedic memories to come up with these infos, becos there's literally millions of such shells out there!

Thanks alot!