Dear Dave;-
    Try Water Pik and dental pik. You can get dental piks two places: Your
friendly dentist and any flea market. The water pik will flush it all out after
you turn it into chop suey with the dental pik.
        Art

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> I recently purchased a gem cypraea maricola, but it still has some of the
> animal in the shell.  As the shell is rather small (15.3mm) and the aperture
> is narrow, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get the rest of the
> animal out of the shell?
>
> Dave
> Ossining, NY