Dear David,
Although I have not seen a picture of your shells. I advise to compare your
shells with good pictures of Julia exquisita Gould, 1862: a bivalved
gastropod. The colour of its shells is matching that of Smaragdia rangiana.
Best regards, Henk K. Mienis
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From: David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 4:14 AM
Subject: mystery valves
> I've got a jpg scan of a couple of valves from beachdrift in Sri Lanka.
One
> of them is emerald and looks like someone sliced a Smaragdia rangiana,
which
> I did find in the same spot.
>
> Don't know if this is even molluscan.
>
> Please contact me at [log in to unmask] if you want to make a guess.
>
> Thanks,
> David Kirsh