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>Hi all,
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>I've posted a new shell to my Unidentified BC shells page:
>http://members.shaw.ca/bcshells/bcframe.html
>(click on Unidentified shells link at bottom of contents side)
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>It is a minute shiny brown gastropod found in the rocky intertidal among
>algae. The shell is glossy with fine spiral ridges or incised
>sculpture and a nearly
>circular aperture. None of my books show photos of the species.
>Could this be a Rissoid?
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>Thanks for any help,
>Peter Egerton
Peter, if it's the last of the 3 unidentifieds, it's either a
cerithiopsid or a triphorid. Without a protoconch it's not really
identifiable, even to familial level.
Who is responsible for transferring searlesia dira to Lirabuccinum?
Do you know the authorship & date of Lirabuccinum?
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
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Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut
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