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Re: a very strange shell
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> Dear all,
>
> Ross Mayhew has been so kind to put a picture on the Conch-l identification
> site for me. It is a very strange shell I obtained from an old collection.
> It was found in North-West Australia - sorry, my information is no more
> detailed than that. I know I am supposed to be an expert in Australian
> shells, but I don't even know what family to put this thing in. Turridae?
> Any suggestions? Has anyone ever seen anything like this?
It looks like the last whorl is broken back quite a way. Epitonium?
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