Can you ID this

Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:29 pm

Found this on the beach a while back. Sorry about the poor pics but the kids broke it before I could get any more.
It looked like a small brain and was made from a very thin shell.
What is it?

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Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:23 pm

The shell of a sea potato/heart urchin (Echinocardium cordatum)
A member ot the sea urchin family.

Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:21 pm

Cheers Donal.
thought it was some type of urchin but never came across this one before

Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:10 pm

loads of those sea urchins were thrown up in silver strand after the heavy weather of the past few weeks