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Date: | Tue, 13 Feb 2001 22:28:40 -0500 |
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Hello Dennis,
Welcome to Conch-L!
I took a look at your pictures. On the first page, 6 of the first 7
pictures are of a pearled Turbo argyrostomus (silver-mouthed turban
shell). "Pearled" means that the outer layer of shell has been removed,
to exposed the underlying pearly layer. The second picture is also of a
Turbo (turban shell), but I can't tell the species with certainty, from
the rather limites portion of the shell that is shown. It may be a
small Turbo marmoratus (green turban), or it may be another Turbo
argyrostomus. This one is natural, not pearled.
Pictures 8 and 9 on that page are of a bisected Nautilus pompilius
(chambered Nautilus). This is not a snail, but a cephalopod (a relative
of octopus and squid).
Pictures 10 and 11 appear to be of a pearled Turbo sarmaticus (South
African Turban).
On the second page, the top picture and the 2 bottom pictures are again
T. sarmaticus.
There is one more picture of Nautilus pompilius.
The rest of them appear to show the inner surface of a large abalone
shell (Haliotis). Some of these show the natural pink/green
iridescence, and were presumably photographed with white light. Other
views look like they may have been photographed while illuminated with
colored light. Is that correct?
Regards,
Paul Monfils
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