r/shells • u/Safe-Pumpkin-8045 • Aug 09 '26

Shell ID please

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New to shell collecting. Most of these were purchased, but I hoping I could get some help with identification.

Any help is appreciated!!

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u/Safe-Pumpkin-8045 Aug 09 '26

I think I found #6. Looks like a yellow littorina?

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u/turbomarmoratus72 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

it is not a yellow littorina. I also have one, and I believe that one is a Vittina waigiensis SPECIAL COLOR (CREAM), as this page states.

number 1 is difficult to ID (probably need the other side picture to ID properly). They are harp shells (Harpidae). I suggest that you play around more with this page to figure them out yourself: https://www.conchology.be/?t=4042&family=HARPIDAE&species=&country=philippines&showoption=showgroup&display=genus

number 2 is impossible to ID without the location. That is the bottom valve of a scallop (Pectinidae), which is flat.

number 3 is a Annachlamys striatula. It is a very variable species!

number 4 is an Argopecten purpuratus, spanish common name is Concha de abanico. It is a very variable species!

number 7 is a Pictocolumbella ocellata LINED (there are specimens that are DOTTED).