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Hello ! According the cone shell is Conus quercinus Lightfoot , 1786 .
Franck Frydman
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From: "Ross Mayhew" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 3:17 AM
Subject: Thanks, and Muricid & cone Mysteries!
> Thanks Paul and Henk - i do recall hearing the name pusillus
somewhere.....
>
> I have a couple more mysteries:
> 1) a Murex s.s. - http://schnr-specimen-shells.com/MysteryMurex.jpg -
> this is simlar to Shells of the Philippines Plate 37, fig. 8: "Murex
> species", only much larger, and has been driving me nuts for years!!
> Reaches 135mm or so, and is relatively common.
> 2) A cone, 23mm, from deep water off Ethiopia (pity there's a war still
> going on there!!) - http://schnr-specimen-shells.com/ethiopiacone.jpg -
> this has been called a juvie typhon, but i am unconvinced. It has 9
> whorls, and the first several are quite smooth. The suture is very
> slightly incised, and the last whorl has 5 shallow groves on the spire
> part, irregularly spaced. The base has only a few ridges, otherwise the
> shell is smooth.
>
> From the Great Icy North,
> Ross M.
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