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Subject:	Re: Hawaiian Mystery shells
From:	Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 3 Apr 2003 19:11:15 +1200
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>I'm still working on my Hawaiian shells and have another five
>mysteries.   The first one I am not even sure it is a mollusc.  The
>next three could be bubble shells or juvenile cowries.  The fifth is
>the only tusk shell I ever found in Hawaii, but I cannot identify
>it's species.

1- Coralliobia sp, Muricidae (Coralliophilinae)

2-Atys cylindricus it appears... is it spirally striate?

3, 4-juvenile Cypraea spp

5-Could be any number of genera and families... eg Laevidentalium
(Laevidentaliidae), Gadilina (Gadilinidae) etc.
--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<[log in to unmask]>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut

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