>>I was in California recently and collected a shell that I am having trouble
>>identifying. I think that it might be an immmature Pteropurpura festivus.
>>It is 22mm in size and has the lines, orifice shape and closed siphonal
>>canal of P festivus but none of those flaps on the knobs. Does P.
>>festivus not develop those flat varices until they are larger/more mature?
>>
>>Beth DeHaas
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>Betty,
> Yes, you may have a P. festivus. The immature form has slight or
>no varices. Check with the Los Angeles Museum of natural History (Dr.
>James McLean or Lindsey Groves). I have collected P. Festiva and have
>found many different maturity levels and variations in sizes.
> Good luck.
>Dan
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