Dear List:

First of all; happy new year to everybody.

I have a question, well, I am wonder how Provocator shells deposit enamel near the protoconch. Does the animal cover the entire shell when alive?? ( I noted they are entirely glossy ). Which is the purpose, for
example in Provocator mirabilis to glaze the protoconch and even deposit a prong over it??
Is the external shell layer named inductura? which shells have them apart of Volutids? Tibias maybe??, which is the name of the external layer on Cypraeidae?
Well, that is my question, best wishes for all in this new year.

Juan Francisco.


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