Harry,
As a Victorian, pygmaeoides is the only species of this size to be found
commonly around the Anglesea area.  Other species  found tend to have
nodules or expanded lips
Geoff Macaulay

>From: "Harry G. Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Marginellid from Victoria, Australia
>Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 16:31:30 -0500
>
>Dear Listers,
>
>Today I received a pair of eight mm. marginellids, the ID of which is
>unknown
>to me.  Ther are pure white and remarkably similar in shape to the W.
>Atlantic
>Prunum apicinum except for the anteriorly displaced (of four) parietal fold
>and
>the presence of a distinct siphonal notch.  They were collected dead at
>Angelsea, Victoria, Australia according to the label.  I've been through a
>good
>many regional works as well as the marginellid literature and cannot come
>up
>with the ID - except that it is almost certainly in the genus Mesoginella.
>It
>is also probably quite common; I have both a normal and sinistral shell!
>
>Email me privately if you have a clue.
>
>Harry
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