Hi Don,

How about e-mailing Dr. Alan Beu ( [log in to unmask] ) and asking if he would
like to help you?

Bill Fenzan

Norfolk, Virginia, USA


----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Barclay" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: Bursa from Eastern Kiribati


> Thanks Chris,
>
> Guido also noted the similarity to Bursa lucaensis, and posted
> a photo to the forum that looks very similar to the Kiribati
> shells.  One other person noted the similarity to Bursa venustula,
> particularly the photos from "Polynesia" on the right side of page
> 62 in Cossignani.  As I reexamined those photos, I saw that the
> specimen did indeed show the remainders of the columellar stain
> on the upper whorls of the shell, exactly like my two juveniles,
> and that the dark markings extend higher above the aperture,
> also like my shells.  I checked the photos of B. venustula on
> www.gastropods.com, and sure enough, the specimen in the
> photos there also shows remnants of the columellar stain on
> the upper whorls.  I don't know how significant that is, but I
> haven't seen it on any of the other species so far.  I wish I had
> collected some adults...
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Don

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