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If you have a shell or a shell fossil at home and you just can't place an identification label to it, or is your snail doing something and you're not to sure just what, here's where you might get some help. I am but an amateur collector myself, but there are many good conchologists and malacologists that may be willing to help you. Send your photos and collection data, if you have any, to me, Avril Bourquin . I will set up a file page for your shell or fossil shell then people can contact you personally in regards to their idea as to your shells proper identification. Please try to keep your jpg files small. This kind of service is also available from some other GREAT shell collectors and dealers on their web sites. You may wish to seek out their assistance as well. Contact information forsome of these sites and people is located at the very bottom of this page. Good luck in getting that definitive identification on your treasured shell or shell fossil. _________________________________________ Attention: After experiencing a few problems, I reserve the right to refuse a person service if the item to be shown here is of a questionable origin or if I am aware that the person has questionable motives or other wise dishonest intentions in using this free service. If you have a shell or a fossil that you know the identity of and you want the world to see it; WONDERFUL! Tell me about it and this too can be arranged.
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| Shawn | fossil from ST. Pete, FL |
April
13, 2008
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| Eduardo | cypraea: collected in the north of Peru, border to Ecuador. |
April
12, 2008
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| Jessica | Fossil |
April
12, 2008
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| Herb | Strange octopi behavior |
April
07, 2008
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| Kathy | Question: Fossil vs bleached shell |
April
07, 2008
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| Rob | Terrestrial from Atlanta, Georgia |
March
24 , 2008
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| Julio | a small fossil shell I found near Lander, Wyoming. |
March
24 , 2008
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| Joel | This fossil was found in my friends yard in Tulsa, Oklahoma |
March
24 , 2008
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| Don | Fossil shell was found in savannah tn |
Feb.
03, 2008
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Exogyra or other Gryphaeidae (Ostreoidea) | |
| Bud | Found this in Uwharrie N.C. |
Feb.
03, 2008
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Decalcified bivalve in concretion | |
| Arief | I just have one worm fossil on coral rock |
Feb.
03, 2008
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Magilus
antiquus
Montfort, 1810 |
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| Colby | Western Washington near Seattle |
Dec.
11, 2007
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| Mark | California fossil |
Nov.
26,2007
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fossil ammonite | |
| Robert | North Bexar County Texas |
Nov.
21,2007
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internal
mold or steinkern ??Cardiidae |
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| Ertunc | fossil from Izmir, Turkey |
Nov.
21,2007
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| Jamshed | south Yeoman fossil bivalve |
Nov.
21,2007
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| Brett | Tennessee fossil |
Oct.
28 , 2007
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| Martí Orta | Peruvian amazon bivalve |
Sept.
01, 2007
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| Jeremy Confer | California fossil |
Sept.
01, 2007
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| Julio Palacios K. | Peru gastropod |
Sept.
01, 2007
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| Paul Gephart | Georgia Fossil Gastropod Mystery |
Aug.
18 , 2007
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| John Breed | Coulsdon
Surrey, UK,
terrestrial white snail |
Aug.
18 , 2007
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| Ozzie | North Carolina fossil gastropod |
Aug.
18 , 2007
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Ecphora
species, possibly E. quadricostata (Say) |
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| Simon |
Terrestrial/s
From Greece
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Aug.
01 , 2007
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 Greek Terrestrial |
Theba pisana |
| Nathalie | From Spain |
June
26, 2007
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Mitra zonata Marryat, 1818 | |
| Lilka | Ontario Canada fossil |
June
23, 2007
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Brachiopod species ?? |
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| Alexandra | Mystery egg capsules from Portugal |
May
13, 2007
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?? Nasa eggs of Nassarius reticulatus, the netted dog whelk in English |
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| John | Cyprus terrestrial |
May
13, 2007
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| Marie | Mystery Oyster |
May
13, 2007
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very worn specimens of Ostrea edulis | |
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A question on several Puto Rican terresetrail snails. |
May
5 , 2007
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Three Mysteries |
April
7, 2007
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| Donna | ??? Fossil Bivalve |
March
26, 2007
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B
 Bivalve |
purple-hinged rock scallop, Crassadoma gigantea |
| Phil | Xenophora help needed |
March
25, 2007
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| Beverly | Pacific Northwest mystery | Strombus from somebody's holiday most likely | ||
| Sandie | British Isles sea shells | |||
| Nadja | I found this shell in a soil sample from the Sudanese part of the Libyan Desert. It is most likely of mid-Holocene age. |
Nov.
13, 2006
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???
Barleeia Species |
| Dana | Texas terrestrial |
Nov.
13, 2006
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| Dan | Terrestrials from Sicily |
Nov.
13, 2006
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Identified |
| Willem/Avril |
Nov.
13, 2006
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See page for possible IDs | |
| Josh | Fiji and Tonga molluscs |
Nov.
13, 2006
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| Kim | Bivalve |
Nov.
13, 2006
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Anadontia alba or philippiana |
| Simon | UK Fossil |
Sept.
20, 2006
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| Arthur | Mystery Cave Snails |
Sept.
13, 2006
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| Ed | Michigan or Florida fossil |
Sept.
13, 2006
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spiriferid brachiopod | |
| Terri | Texas Fossil |
Sept.
10, 2006
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internal molds of various ammonites | |
| Jack | Mystery fossil from Europe |
Sept.
10, 2006
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probably a neogastropod. Pleurotomarriidae indeterminable. |
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| David | Mystery bivalve |
August
26, 2006
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Probably
Paphia lirata |
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| Gunnar | Sinistral fossils |
August
09, 2006
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See page for probable Ids | |
| Craig | Cornwall, UK mystery |
August
09, 2006
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Goose
Barnacle
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| Kumar | fossil gastropod (Himalayas) - if possible to the generic level, otherwise the family. It comes from Eocene sediments. It is about 5.5 cm long. |
July
16, 2006
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Possibly (Family Muricidae), subfamily Thaidinae |
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| Robbert | 3 cm (1.2 inches), and I bought it in a shop in Holland.The shell itself has crystallized into what I think is quartz. It came with zero information, unfortunately. |
July
09, 2006
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| Gary | N.E.
Wyoming, USA Fossil |
June
22, 2006
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ammonites, probably Baculites spp | |
| Nancy | North Carolina gastropod |
June19,
2006
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Florida
Horse Conch - Triplofusus gigantea ( kiener, 1840) |
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| Rick Harbo | Trinidad shells |
May
25, 2006
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1.
Cassis tuberosa Linne, 1758
2. Turbo marmoratus
Linne, 1758 |
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| George | Thai Mussels |
May
25, 2006
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| Alan | UK Terrestrial |
May
25, 2006
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Cornu aspersum (Muller, 1774) | |
| Susanna | California Terrestrial |
May
25, 2006
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Discus rotundatus (Muller, 1774) | |
| Reed | New York Fossil |
May
25, 2006
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spiriferid brachiopod | |
| Savannah | Mystery Florida Fossil |
April
29, 2006
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sharks veretbra encased in a stony material | |
| John Abba | Bali Terrestrial |
April
15, 2006
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??? Asperitas rareguttata crebriguttata (von Martens, 1867). | |
| Kawika | Hawaiian cowry |
April
15, 2006
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Lyncina
lynx
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| George | The turrid comes from Sarawak |
March
19, 2006
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| The exposed bit of the shell is about 1cm across. We found the rock in eastern Nebraska, but we have no idea where it came from. |
March
12, 2006
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Bivalve fossil | ||
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Donna
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Found on a Florida Beach |
March
12, 2006
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Velella velella | |
| Enzo | Looking
for information Epitonium dendrophyllae |
March
08 , 2006
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Epitonium dendrophylliae | |
| Laurie | The stone about 4 inches by 5 inches... |
March
03 , 2006
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Crinoid fragment | |
| Chris | My science students and I are mystified by this fossil: could it be shells? |
March
03 , 2006
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| Wolfgang | gastropod I need help identifying |
Dec.
28, 2005
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Pararetifusus dedonderi | |
| Roger | Mystery Fossil |
Nov.
30 , 2005
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Cyclophorus
aurantiacus or Cyclophorus malayanus
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| Wolfgang | 5 gastropods I need help identifying |
Nov.
30 , 2005
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| Wolfgang | 2 turrids I need help identifying |
Nov.
20 , 2005
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| Dan | Mystery Engravings |
Oct.
24, 2005
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| Wolfgang | I
have attached a picture of a Turrid (Drillia/Inquisitor) I can not identify. |
Oct.
16, 2005
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Vexitoma regia (Reeve, 1842)
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| Russ | a turrid, 25mm, From the Somosomo Strait near Taveuni Fiji, collected in a sandy area but,under a rock, in 3 ft of water in 1995. |
Oct.
10, 2005
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Lophiotoma
abbreviata (Reeve, 1843)
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| PeterJ | Ziggurat fossils |
Oct.
06, 2005
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1.
Melanopsis? 2. Melaniidae |
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| Deane | ??? arene |
Oct.
06, 2005
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Arene sp. | |
| Georgia | I dug this fossil up last month in Rugby Warwickshire (only 10 miles from the most centrally inland point in UK. |
Oct.
06, 2005
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Probably Veneridae | |
Rick |
Confirmation required |
Oct.
06, 2005
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Nucella lamellosa | |
| lhill | horn pearls: Comments from interested persons required |
Oct.
06, 2005
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| James | Fossil from Puget Sound, Wash., USA |
Sept.
18, 2005
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gastropod,
possibly Buccinidae, probably Eocene
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| Enzo | Italian uunionid |
Aug.
12 , 2005
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Sinanodonta
woodiana
(Lea, 1834) |
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| William |
Wyoming Fossils new info added Oct 06, 2005 |
Aug.
12 , 2005
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see
page
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| Juan | Florida Fossil |
Aug.
02 , 2005
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Strombus
sp and colonial hexacoral
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| Jim | Yemen fossils |
Aug.
02 , 2005
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see
page for IDs
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| Diane | Fossils |
July,
11, 2005
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 Fossils |
Turritella peninsularis Anderson & Hanna, 1935 |
| TONI | Pet cerithium |
June,
18, 2005
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Batillaria minima (Gmelin, 1791). | |
| Don | Guam condiae |
June,
18, 2005
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| Ian | I
recently snapped a photo of a crazy looking purple snail along the Northern California coast. |
April
11,2005
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Cornu
aspersum or more commonly know as The brown garden snail (Helix
aspersa)
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| Tom | Mystery animal from 200m depth of southwester Taiwan |
January
22, 2005
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a holothurian of the family Psolidae | |
| Avril | Fossils from south-eastern British Columbia |
January
22, 2005
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brachiopods | |
| Jennifer | Buffalo, NY pet snails, Simon and Garfunkel need to be identified |
Dec.
05, 2004
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Grovesnail
Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Rich | Mystery fossils |
Nov.
15 , 2004
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spiriferid brachiopods | |
| The attached was found by me in a bunch of dredged shells in Amuay, Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela last month. |
Sept.
18 , 2004
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"Texas
Longhorn"
Bryozoa, genus Hippoporidra, species ?? hermitcrab-associate bryozoan |
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| Mystery
Terrestrial egg cases. Seattle Washington |
Sept.
16 , 2004
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Fungi
Cyathus stercoreus |
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| This little guy is very common in my garden in Los Angeles, California |
August
24, 2004
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Succinea unicolor | ||
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Unknown
terrestrial snail
Location: Manchester, England Size: 3 inches |
August
12,
2004 |
Cornu
aspersum (Helix aspersa)
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| This fresh-water snail and attached barnacle was purchased from a pet shop in New York. |
August
09,
2004 |
Vitta
usnea (Röding, 1798)
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| rock with shell fossils on a small island by Puerto Rico. |
July
14 , 2004
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Strombus
gigas
fossil |
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| It measures 85mm long, 50mm wide and about 41mm high. |
July
14 , 2004
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juvenile
Cypraea cervus |
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| collected on a beach near Neah Bay, BC, Canada. |
June
18 , 2004
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egg
case is from Nassarius fossatus
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| Fossils and pearls |
May
2, 2004
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brachiopod
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| located at an elevation of about 2,000 meters on a mountain in Central Asia. |
April
06,
2004 |
Cretaceous
member of Trigoniidae
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| The two latirus shells were collected by Ted K.40 feet off of West End, Roatan Island, Honduras 1985. We are trying to identify which species it is. |
March
25, 2004
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| Could you please help me identify this shell I find in the archaeological deposits of Niah Cave, Sarawak, N. Borneo. |
Feb.
23, 2004
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species
of Paludomus (Fam. Pleuroceridae, suffamily Paludominae)
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| These tubes are 2mm long and are from shell grit fround on Kauai, Hawaii. |
January
17, 2004
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Caecum
sepimentum de Folin, 1867
Syn: Caecum arcuatum de Folin, 1867 |
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| Cypraea from Israel |
January
12, 2004
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Cypraea
macandrewi
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| Found in a sand sample from Hawaii |
January
10, 2004
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echinoderm
ossicle
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January
08, 2004
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| This
small rock was found on a large sandy beach on Kauai (West End). I |
January
06, 2004
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| Sand
Egg Collars - Species? from Florida |
January
04, 2004
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Neverita
duplicatus
(Say, 1822) Sand egg collar |
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| Eulimidae from Hawaii |
December
28
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| Triphorridae from Hawaii |
December
28
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