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Need Identification Help, Unknown shell identification| Alcedo meninting |
Posted: Oct 27 2009, 10:54 PM
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/reshmapitale/3602028191/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/reshmapitale/3602028185/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/reshmapitale/3602020335/ Hallo, I am student of marine biology,I came across with these shells at intertidals near mumbai, India. Need help in the identification of these shells.... Thank you all. |
 
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| Marlo |
Posted: Oct 30 2009, 04:10 AM
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Florida Caribbean is my area of knowledge, but I'd say you have an Crassostrea (oyster), possibly gigas (Thunberg, 1793).
These look like dead-collected and worn shells. |
   
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