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Subject:	Re: Mystery shell
From:	Scott Jordan <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 21 Feb 2001 20:33:38 -0800
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Bingo!  Thanks, Paul, that is indeed the shell.

Regards,

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From:   Paul Monfils [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Wednesday, February 21, 2001 3:03 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: Mystery shell

Hello Scott,

Your description (slender, white, resembling a Teramachia or Turrid)
sounds very much like the genus Benthovoluta which, in spite of the
name, is not a volute but a member of Turbinellidae.  I never heard of
the species rinkinseni, but if you have access to Barry Wilson's
Australian Marine Shells, check out Volume 2, Plate 8 - Benthovoluta
claydoni, and see if that's what you have.

Regards,
Paul Monfils

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