please help!!! i know nothing about seashells

[chastidyllaws]

PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY SOME MORE SEASHELLS!! I SURE HOPE THAT I AM NOT WAISTING ANYONES TIME AND I AM VERY GREATFUL THAT SOMEONE IS TAKING THEIR TIME TO HELP ME!! PLEASE TELL WHAT FAMILY SPECIES WHERE THEY ARE FROM, AND IF THERE IS ANY VALUE TO THEM.  THANK YOU THANK YOU<a href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1365106" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1365106">http://www.badongo.com/pic/1365106</a><!-- m --></a> <a href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1365135" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.badongo.com/pic/1365135">http://www.badongo.com/pic/1365135</a><!-- m --></a>  <span class="petit">--Last edited by chastidyllaws on 2007-08-28 02:51:31 --</span>

[paul monfils]

Numbering top row 1 to 8, left to right; bottom row 9 to 13, left to right ...

#1,5,6,7,10,11,12 are all Olive Shells, Oliva. Most of these are Oliva sayana, Lettered Olive, from Florida, but some are too worn to be sure of the species.

#2 is Terebra dislocata, Atlantic Auger, Virginia to the Caribbean.

#3 is a Cone Shell, Conus sp. Looks like Conus furvus, Indo-Pacific.

#4 is a juvenile Busycon sinistrum, Lightning Whelk (formerly called Busycon contrarium), Florida. This grows to over a foot in length.

#8 is Oliva lignaria, Ornate Olive, Indo-Pacific.

#9 Can't be certain due to small size of picture and lack of detail, but based on size and shape of the shell I believe it is Tectarius muricatus, beaded Periwinkle.

All of these are very common species and the only ones in good enough shape to be of any interest to collectors are #6, #9, and possibly #2.  <span class="petit">--Last edited by Paul Monfils on 2007-08-28 05:25:09 --</span>