Bingo! Thanks, Paul, that is indeed the shell.
Regards,
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Monfils [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 3:03 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Mystery shell
Hello Scott,
Your description (slender, white, resembling a Teramachia or Turrid)
sounds very much like the genus Benthovoluta which, in spite of the
name, is not a volute but a member of Turbinellidae. I never heard of
the species rinkinseni, but if you have access to Barry Wilson's
Australian Marine Shells, check out Volume 2, Plate 8 - Benthovoluta
claydoni, and see if that's what you have.
Regards,
Paul Monfils
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