Oliver,

All are Mitra cornicula. A highly variable species.
All the best
Riccardo


>Dear list ;
>
><http://www.idscaro.net/sci/03_myst/index.htm>http://www.idscaro.net/sci/03_myst/index.htm has
>a new ID problem, with two Mitridae from Med. sea.
>
>1st ) I think they are miters (but not sure they are all miters)
>2nd) If some could be cornicula, some could be nigra, but nigra in
>crete ??? doubtful.
>
>These shells have been found crabbed, hidden in old broken amphorae
>& other thrown pieces, off an old harbour (today covered by grass
>and visited by goats), said to be Minoan (but what is not "Minoan"
>in Crete ? As soon as it is old, ugly and broken, that's considered
>as Minoan).
>
>Any help will be welcome
>Thanks!
>
>Olivier Caro
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>
>P.S : where is Mollusca gone ? Could it have been eaten by ConchList
>? Is there any explanation available out there ? Why did it
>disappear ?
>I believed that ConchList was mostly dedicated to shell collecting,
>clubs chat & good tips, and Mollusca to scientists, tentacles, DNA ;
>could this mean that collectors become more and more scientists, and
>that scientists caught the virus of collecting ?