>>>ps. I collected the shell in Port Hardy (northern tip of Vancouver
>>>Island, BC). I have a scan of it if anyone would like to see a
>>>photo.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Peter Egerton

Hi Peter

It's an odostomiine pyramidellid (note the hyperstrophic protoconch,
which is NOT sinistral, and the columellar plait), probably a species
of Odostomia (ss or Folinella, perhaps). This group is in ahuge mess,
and most likely trying to ID it down to subgeneric level, much less
species, will be futile!

I collected another Odostomia species in Victoria & near Botany Bay,
and never was able to identify it. Abbott 1974 will be of no help,
unfortunately.
--
Regards
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
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