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Uncle!! I've been selling teramachia for years it seems, and calling
them hirasei....better than the other way around, however (at least for
my customers!!). That photo in the Compendium sure confuses the issue.....
From the Frozen Northlands,
Ross.
> Subject: Re: Mystery Pleurotomariidae
> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 07:59:50 +0100
> From: Monsecourbrothers <[log in to unmask]>
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> Dear avril and Ross,
>
> This shell is a Perotrochus hirasei. It is much heavier than
> teramachii and
> the spire is completely different. For a good reference take the book
> "The
> living pleurotomariidae" by Anseeuw and Goto. This book covers all
> recent
> species (27) described before 1996. Since then there are two new
> species
> described: P. indicus and P. boucheti.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kevin
>
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> Subject: Re: Mystery Pleurotomariidae
> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:27:01 +0100
> From: "Guido T. Poppe" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Dear Avril, Ross, Kevin and all Conch'Lers,
>
> definitely a P. hirasei. This species is said to be found in the
> Philippines, but I've never seen one from there. On the other hand,
> the
> Taiwanese collectors/dealers dump all their surplus stock in Mactan
> and it
> is rather usual to find these northern species in quantity there. This
> specimen is quite beautiful and worth being in a collection. However,
> the
> slit is visibly filed.
>
> Best regards, Guido
> Subject: Hirasei
> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 20:28:00 +0800
> From: "E. Guillot de Suduiraut" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> I'm totally agree with Guido, since many years I never saw P. Hirasae
> from Philpipines. All the specimen in Punta Engaņo came from Taiwan
> and many of them are repair by the Punta Engaņo doctor.
>
> Emmanuel
>
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