Thanks for the information. Yes they are nicely preserved aren't they.  We
received many species in a trade, some from Damery and some from Cuisien.  We
have a very extensive fossil collection.  My husband specializes in brachiopods,
corals and dinosaurs.  Odd mix, but it goes with where we live.  We haven't
studied fossil mollusks very much yet, especially post-Cretaceous molluscs, so
all information and advice is most welcome.  I will check out the paper you
identified.
Thanks again.
Nora Bryan
Cal;gary, Alberta
CANADA
 
Cadee M.C. wrote:
 
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> > From:         NORA BRYAN[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent:         zaterdag 3 april 1999 2:20
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      Eocene Strepsidura
> >
> > Hi all,
> > Any fossil experts out there?  (I know there are).  Can anyone tell me
> > the Family for the Genus Strepsidura.  I have an Eocene gastropod from
> > Damery France labelled Strepsidura sp. and it matches the picture in a
> > Dutch journal article we are using.  I have been adding the family to
> > the labels using the Millard Classification of Molluscs and this genus
> > shows up under Olividae.  It doesn't look like any olive I've ever
> > seen.  It looks more like something from Melongenidae  or Volutidae or
> > "one of those families".
> >
>         Your Strepsidura is Strepsidura turgida (Solander, 1766), the only
> known specie of the Paris Basin. In Glibert, 1933, this species is placed in
> the family Strepsiduridae, near the Buccinidae.
> The shell certainly does not look like an Oliva, but more like a Pseudoliva,
> this explains the placing you found in the Olividae.
> The fossils of Damery are of Lutetian age (an etage of the Eocene) and have
> a marvellous conservation. I hope this give you some information.
>
> Glibert, M, 1933. Monographie de la Faune malacologique du Bruxellien des
> environs de Bruxelles. -- Memoire no 53 du Musee Royal d'histoire Naturelle
> de Belgique.
>
> Martin Cadee, The Netherlands.