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From Malaysia
03-10-2009, 10:17 AM,
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From Malaysia
AFAIK there is generally no easy way to tell whether the shell is a juvenile or not. For some groups like Cypraea it is easy to tell apart a juvenile and an adult because of the characteristical shell shape and/or colors. For other species there are only hints like a thin shell or a thin lip or short spines, but all these could just as well belong to the normal appearance of that particularly species.

I have a juvenile N. gualtieriana just like yours one from Malaysia (Langkawi). I wasn't able to identify it until recently when I got an adult N. gualtieriana specimen from Australia.

Mike
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From Malaysia - by paul monfils - 03-02-2009, 01:15 PM
From Malaysia - by dave r - 03-02-2009, 08:37 PM
From Malaysia - by qleeq - 03-02-2009, 09:44 PM
From Malaysia - by qleeq - 03-03-2009, 03:32 PM
From Malaysia - by mikede - 03-06-2009, 06:12 PM
From Malaysia - by qleeq - 03-08-2009, 06:49 PM
From Malaysia - by mikede - 03-10-2009, 10:17 AM
From Malaysia - by qleeq - 03-11-2009, 08:43 PM

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