Hello Conch-L, especially you Fossilers . . .

Someone asked if he could send me a picture of a shell he found on the
beach in the Philippines.  The shell was "in a bigger rock that had
shells in it".  So, I assume it is a fossil.  It doesn't look like any
living Philippine marine shell that I know of, though it does look
rather like a Helicostyla land snail.  The specimen is solid (not
hollow) and "feels like a mineral".  He has another one that is
identical, but has a hollow interior, and also feels "like mineral".  I
am curious about this because you don't hear much about Philippine
fossils.  Is there much sedimentary rock in the Philippines?  If anyone
has any ideas about this, please reply.  The pictures are not great, but
can be viewed at:

http://members.home.net/paulcyp/FOSSIL.JPG

Thanks.

Paul Monfils