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Members of the Amathinidae have a heterostrophic protoconch, so it should be fairly easy to tell from a good look at the apex.
> I have had a quick look at the file labelled capulidae. I agree with Henk,
> that it is not a Capulidae, but I think however that it may be a juvenile
> species of Amathina, Pyramidellidae? Thyca from memory has taller ribs and
> is found on the blue five armed starfish of the Indo-pacific whose name
> alludes me at the moment.
>
Linkia is the genus for the starfish.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
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