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Van: Stephen McMahan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Verzonden: zondag 20 januari 2002 22:15
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Onderwerp: Mystery Shell


Greetings All,

                     Has anyone every heard of a shell called Ancistrosyrinx
cedonulli (Reeve, 1842)? I bought this shell a few years ago with this name
attached but no other info. It most likely belongs in the Astraea family.
It's 23mm in diameter, 9mm high and looks just like a saw blade with 9 very
sharp spines on each of the 3 whorls. It's all nacreous. I can send anyone
who is interested a set of images. Just let me know. Any info on this shell
would be most helpful.

Shephen McMahan

Dear Steven, Ancistrosyrinx is a genus that belongs in the Turridae! Here in
Europe this genus is only known as fossils from the oligocen and miocene: A.
perspirata - late oligocene; A. volgeri - middle oligocene; A. cornetti -
middle miocene. They look somewhat like a schrew!. Your description fits not
with Ancystrosyrinx, so I suppose your shell belongs to a quite different
genus.
Yours Martin C. Cadee, The Netherlands