On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Greg Curry Sr<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'm looking for info on Calliotectum shinzatoense

My USGS Professional Papers are in a box somewhere, but I'd bet this
name is a McNeil species described from the Shinzato Formation
(Pliocene) of Okinawa... most likely this is a synonym of C.
tibiaeformis.

If this is the specimen on C&S Shell Cabinet Auction, it's a C.
tibiaeformis. There are only 2 species living: C.tibiaeformis and
C.dalli. There are fossil species scattered around, including New
Zealand.

The most commonly used synonym of the genus is Teramachia.

Apparently the animal is a good volutid, though the shell has definite
ptychatractine turbinellid characters.

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Regards
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut

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