Two members of the Jacksonville Shell Club have striking specimens of a
questionably identified shell trawled from deep water off northern Honshu,
Japan.  It has been postulated that these two specimens (of three known
to this submitter) are a deep water form of Nucella frecineti (Deshayes,
1841).
 
Images of one of the three (from a direct scan of the shell on a flat-bed
scanner) are available at:
 
http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet.wfrank/western.htm
 
for viewing.
 
Any suggestions, comments, or identifications would be appreciated and
should be sent to the two individuals cited on that page.
 
Bill Frank
1865 Debutante Dr.
Jacksonville, FL 32246-8645
Phone/FAX: (904) 724-5326
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