Stenorhytis turbinum (Dall, 1908 )
 
And the holotype is a brown pitted shell with the ribs mainly worn off and
the most of the top missing. I can't imagine how one would have named a new
species from such a nondescript specimen. If one found it on the beach (yeah
right in my dreams) One would most likely throw it back. Who knew that it
would be one of the rarest shells (probably not in habitat, but its from the
Galapagos, therefore unobtainable now)
 
 
Sarah
 
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Silver Spring MD
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" One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can only
collect a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few. "
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh