Steven, I was reading your message and that of Paul, and I have a
suggestion that maybe some help.
Could it be that the person who wrote the label put the wrong name in
front, I have a shell listed as Voluta (Aulicina) norrisi, I can see how
after photocopying and fading etc that norrisi could be taken for numtini.
the rest of the info is as follows: Grey1838. solomon Islands and
Australia.Syns: V.piperata, Sow 1844 and V.ceraunia, Crosse 1880.
Complicated patterns of and brown banding on cream, aperture is
pink-orange. This is according to my book "Sea Shells of The World" by
Gordon Melvin.
I agree with Paul, a description of the shell would make id a little
easier. but don't give up, what if the person who wrote the label could
not identify it and tried to name it themselves?
I am looking in another book right now that has a line like this: ceraunia
Cross,1880, see norrissi Gray,1838.
this is from Van Nostrand's Standard Catalogue of shells 2nd edition. The
shell before it is cathcartiae Reeve1856. Southern Phillipines.
In another book: lists a South Island national park in Queensland, it is
part of the Percy Isles south east from Mackay. I cant read longitiudes
and latitudes, I think it is very close to 150 degrees longitude and 22
degrees lattitude or the other way around.
Well this is all I can find just now but maybe this will help in some way,
if not let me know and I will keep my eyes open for you.
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> From: Steven & Wanda Coker <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Volute ID help
> Date: Sunday, 26 April 1998 11:23
>
> I received a call from the assistant curator at our local museum
requesting
> help with an unusual genus and species for a Volute from "South Island"
> The label was handwritten and had been photocopied. The best rendering
was
> "Cymbiostriata numtini". I checked Poppe and Goto, Weaver and du Pont,
and
> Maxwell Smith and could not find any reference to either the genus or
> species names. Any ideas?
>
> Steven
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