Hi Mr. Andrew,

Do you have any picture of this Vermetids?


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Citando Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]>:

>> I just received a beautiful colony of "Serpulorbis" ?roussaei
>> (Vaillant 1871). The irregular brown spiral lines of "S" roussaei are
>> rather more distinct than those of any of my tangle, and mine may be
>> a different species in the same genus. A broken shell reveals septa.
>>
>> The genus is the main problem... Serpulorbis lacks an operculum. my
>> shells do not... several tubes contain dried animals with concave
>> light-brown opercs. Anyone know where these species belong?
>>
>> They are not Petaloconchus, as that genus displays periodic breaks
>> where up/outturned feeding tubes break off and growth resumes. Um...
>> having said that, I now see a couple of such scars... so maybe they
>> are Petaloconchus.
>>
>> Vermetidae taxonomy is a mess... and they may actually belong in
>> Ptenoglossa, with Epitoniidae etc.
>>
>> Anyone know for sure?
>> --
>> Andrew Grebneff
>> Dunedin
>> New Zealand
>> Fossil preparator
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