Ellobium has a much shorter spire, a more rounded apex, with a pustulated,
pitted, or ridged sculpture on the upper whorls.
Kurt
At 11:25 AM 9/28/00 +0200, you wrote:
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>HELP !
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>Could anyone give the criteria to distinguish :
>Ellobium auris(dianae or midae) from
>Placostylus sp. with internal plicatures
>They both look quite similar in the Comprndium of Landshells
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>Thanks
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