Dear Steven,
 
Try to identify your shell with help of the Poppe & Goto Book; if it is
form an old collection, it might refer to the environment of Australia,
once known as Terra Australis Incognita, translanted "the unknown south
land". Many shells described in the old days (say 18th century) often had
labels such as "south Seas: or something alike. Amoria (Cybiolista) hunteri
[which exists in several colour forms, might be the species.
Gijs
 
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> Van: Steven & Wanda Coker <[log in to unmask]>
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: Volute ID help
> Datum: zondag 26 april 1998 3:23
>
> I received a call from the assistant curator at our local museum
requesting
> help with an unusual genus and species for a Volute from "South Island"
> The label was handwritten and had been photocopied.  The best rendering
was
> "Cymbiostriata numtini".  I checked Poppe and Goto, Weaver and du Pont,
and
> Maxwell Smith and could not find any reference to either the genus or
> species names.  Any ideas?
>
> Steven