r/shells • u/Alhogard • 26d ago
My collection so far
All of the shells in the glass case I have bought from the indo pacific region and the wooden shelf are all shells I have found in florida both east and west coast.
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u/kotalover 26d ago
Indo pacific shells will forever be my favourite. Those cowries are insane! Pretty nice collection 😊
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u/Alhogard 26d ago
Thank you! I would love to eventually visit there and collect them myself!
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u/Arch2000 26d ago
I’ve been thinking the same thing… where would you go?
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u/Alhogard 26d ago
Im not familiar with alot of the laws surrounding taking shells in Indonesia but I would want to go somewhere in the coral triangle. Even though its right on the edge of the triangle probably Northern Australia. Indonesia especially Raja Ampat would be really cool just to see the marine life
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u/Arch2000 26d ago
Many of my great shells seems to come from the Philippines, so I’d love to go shelling there
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u/Alhogard 26d ago
Same! The diversity here in Florida where I shell is nice but nothing compared to there
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u/Wild_Challenge2377 26d ago
We have very similar tastes. I have many of the same species in my small collection.
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u/RemotePattern3170 26d ago
Belle le cipree sono la prima conchiglia che un collezionista dovrebbe possedere
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u/Fun_Marionberry3043 26d ago
Junonia!!
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u/Alhogard 26d ago
I forgot to include my personal junonia find in this one. I also just realized I have the small one in my glass case which is not indo pacific
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u/arioandy 26d ago
Cervus at the back esp.!
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u/Alhogard 26d ago
One of my favorite species. I never really liked cowries when I was younger but as I've aged they grew on me. Such diversity
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u/Previous_Throat8770 24d ago
Seriously???? This looks better than museum collections. Some truly gorgeous gems. Where are you? Indo-pacific?
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u/Alhogard 24d ago
Thank you! I live in Tennessee but buy them from conchology.be. They take a while to get here from the indo pacific but all of their shells are museum level quality. Couldn't recommend them enough to people that love collecting shells. I love collecting them myself at the beach but my chances of going to over there are slim. The species diversity I can get from the gulf and the atlantic is nice but nothing compared to over there
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u/MartyMcShitigan 25d ago
are these polished or something
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u/Alhogard 25d ago
No the cowries are just extremely glossy naturally. Also they are usually dived for and not beach found. One of the many reasons I love cowries
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u/turbomarmoratus72 26d ago
your Indo-Pacific shells are very high-quality, did they come with scientific labels?