Try...Stylaster californicus
 
 
Phil Liff-Grieff wrote:
>
> Hello all.  I have a few questions regarding this bright pink southern
> Californian ovulid.  I recently acquired a number of specimens
> that had been collected over thirty years ago and noticed that there
> seem to be two distinct forms- one larger and more open, the other
> smaller with a thickened lip on its tighter aperture (I'm not doing
> these shells justice- hope I'm making sense).  Are these two different
> species?
>
> These were found on a purple hydrocoral at Farnsworth Banks off of
> Catalina Island.  Could someone give me the name of the coral host?
>
> Thanks in advance for any information.
>
> Phil Liff-Grieff
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> (La Crescenta, California)