Murex (Haustellum?) chrysostoma

Peggy
> I am struggling with a Murex (Hexaplex?)
> problem - I have two specimens from
> Margarita Island. They have three axial
> varices, non-spinose, one spine on the
> siphonal canal, which looks as if it
> might have been longer before the shells
> were beached.  There are about three rows
> of beads between varices, and the colors
> are one tan, one gray, with two or three
> darker spiral bands.  I would be inclined
> to call them woodringi....  Can someone
> help me?
>
> Thanks,
> Linda

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