Hi Tom and others

Fam. Trochidae
Subfam: Eucyclinae
Tribus: Calliotropini
Genera: Calliotropis
        Bathybembix
        Cidarina
        Lischkeia
        Ginebis for argenteonitens
        Putzeysia in the Mediterranean
        and more Genera

with best regards
Sieglinde

--- "Thomas E. Eichhorst" <[log in to unmask]> schrieb: >
Hi back to you, Toni;
>
> There are maybe a dozen or so Bathybembix (or
> Lischeia) species.  I am not
> 100% sure which name is now accepted, by I like the
> way Bathybembix sounds
> and it seems it is the one currently preferred.
> Your shell may not actually
> be Bathybembix argenteonitens (Lischke, 1872),
> called the silvery margarite,
> as the different species are fairly similar.  Most
> are from deep water and
> none are seen very often.  They are in  the family
> Trochidae or top shells.
> There are hundreds of different species in this
> family.  All seem to be
> herbivorous.
>
> This site has a picture of your shell:
>
http://www.gastropods.com/shell_pages/a/Shell_Bathybembix_argenteonitens.htm
> l
>
> Tom
>

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