Hugh,

check out Akibumia, maybe close to A. orientalis.

Sven

>
> Dear Conch-lers,
>
> As previously mentioned, the Western Australian Museum
>and Federal Government of Australia are involved in a
>survey of the Western Australian coast. During the
>deepest trawl of the trip (1000 metres deep),
>approximately 30 specimens of a heavily sculptured
>fragile species of Gastropod were found, which have so
>far defied our attempts at identification.
> If you want to take a look, here is a link to our ID
>WANTED page: http://www.seashells.net.au/ID-Request.html
>- where you will find 3 representative specimens
>pictured.
> Any help you can give us in regard to family, genus or
>species of these shells would be much appreciated.
>
> With Best Regards,
> Hugh


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Dr. Sven Nielsen
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ)
Section 3.1 Lithosphere Dynamics
Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam
Germany

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