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Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837) cancellate semele Shweekie on Tigertail Beach, Marco Island I sn't that a gorgeous shell. My niece Shweekie found it on Marco Island during our shelling trip last week. It is definitely her prize find of the day. We just couldn't figure out what it was. I looked in all my shell ID books & at all the online sites I use - nothing conclusive.  So I did what any social networker in the 21st Century would do. I posed the question to my homies on Facebook. Karen Blackford   My niece found this on Tigertail Beach. Can anyone ID it for me? January 22 at 11:11pm  ·  Like  ·  Comment Alice Treest  likes this. Tana Houston   looking at 1 of my books & it may be a small false donax January 22 at 11:18pm  ·  Like  ·  Karen Blackford   I checked the B-M site & my books and can't find anything January 22 at 11:19pm  ·  Like Nancy Eckert   I'm curious, too, what this type of shell is called. I just finished making a