http://shell.kwansei.ac.jp/~shell/index.html

This is a bi-lingual site and has shape and name searches.
Shape is good for the what the fool is it.  Not complete -
nothing with nature is ever complete so it seems.

Martin

Olivier Caro wrote:
> http://www.idscaro.net/sci/01_coll/myst.htm
>
> Placed near Cerithiidae, or inside, or far outside, these shells are
> heavy mysteries.
> I cannot find even their genus: Orectospira, Basilissa,
> Trochocerithium...
> Regarding the names, I suppose I could have more chances with shells
> found in lunar seas: shikokuensis, tectiforme, etc.
>
> But! a miracle could occur; maybe one of you knows something about the
> taxonomy, and even the taxon or taxa of these two well preserved shells.
> Said to come from SE. Japan, if old crumbly labels say the truth.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Olivier
>
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