Families lacking an operculum
>include Bullidae, Cancellariidae, Trichotropidae, Cypraeidae, Triviidae,
>Ovulidae, Marginellidae, Harpidae,
Hi! I'm back
Don't forget the Morums have been placed in the Harpidae and (at least
some) Morums have a vestigial operculum (almost impossible to find in
fact). I've got pictures of Morum oniscus with the tiny dot of an operculum
riding on the back of its rather vast foot.
Peggy Williams
http://www.mindspring.com/~shellelegant
Peggy Williams
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