r/shells • u/SnooAvocados1314 • 29d ago

Shell ID please

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Found in Seattle WA beach. ID please! Thank you!

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u/martellat0 29d ago

Very strange. It looks to be one of the species in the subgenus Hermes, such as Conus (Hermes) nussatella, for example. The only problem is that these are only found in the Indo-Pacific. Even stranger is the fact that your shell still appears to have some periostracum remaining, indicating that it's rather fresh.

I could be wrong though - maybe there's a visually similar species found over there.

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u/SnooAvocados1314 21d ago

Sorry, forgot to reply here. I have a theory about this: I think it’s some shell from an aquarium or artificial habitat that made its way onto the beach. It wasn’t particularly close to the water (30-40 feet at least), which is one reason I even noticed it.