Harry
Just to make it confusing
Cotton, 1959 - South Australian mollusca Archaeogastropoda cites
Orbitestella bastowi (Cyclostrema)as
Gatliff & Gabriel, 1906, Trans Roy. Soc S.Austr, vol 23 p 218 pl 6 figs 4a,c
Unfortunately I don't have access to this publication
Geoff


>From: "Harry G. Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: tiny jewel from Arno
>Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:28:07 -0400
>
>Dear David,
>
>I agree that the shell is a juvenile and believe it is that of a
>member of the Orbitestella Iredale 1817, probably in the type genus
>Orbitestella Iredale, 1917 [Type species Cyclostrema bastowi Gatliff
>[or Gatliff and Gabriel], 1906 from southern Australia; also rendered
>bairstowi in the literature; correct original spelling unknown to me,
>but the latter is likely an incorrect subsequent spelling or an
>unjustified emendation], which has a circumglobal range. This family
>was originally thought to be in the relatively primitive
>Archaeogastropoda but is now placed in the Heterobranchia in the
>company of the omalogyrids and architectonicids.
>
>Perhaps the "Down-under" contingent can rescue me on this matter?
>
>Harry
>
>
>At 10:24 PM 7/10/2007, you wrote:
>>Sometimes it comes down to the sheer aesthetic qualities of the
>>shells I encounter. I want to savor the grace and detail of the
>>form. I found one of those in the grit from Arno, Marshall Islands last
>>night.
>>These micros are frequently mysterious on a number of counts. This
>>one may be an example where a juvenile form is unlike the adult
>>form. It could be something that simply isn't illustrated in any of
>>the books I have or imaged on the internet. But it's gorgeous in any case.
>>Please have a look:
>>http://z14.invisionfree.com/Conchologist_Forum/index.php?showtopic=630&view=findpost&p=4086416
>>
>>
>>David Kirsh
>>Durham, NC

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