Harry, As a Victorian, pygmaeoides is the only species of this size to be found commonly around the Anglesea area. Other species found tend to have nodules or expanded lips Geoff Macaulay >From: "Harry G. Lee" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Marginellid from Victoria, Australia >Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 16:31:30 -0500 > >Dear Listers, > >Today I received a pair of eight mm. marginellids, the ID of which is >unknown >to me. Ther are pure white and remarkably similar in shape to the W. >Atlantic >Prunum apicinum except for the anteriorly displaced (of four) parietal fold >and >the presence of a distinct siphonal notch. They were collected dead at >Angelsea, Victoria, Australia according to the label. I've been through a >good >many regional works as well as the marginellid literature and cannot come >up >with the ID - except that it is almost certainly in the genus Mesoginella. >It >is also probably quite common; I have both a normal and sinistral shell! > >Email me privately if you have a clue. > >Harry >********************************************************** >Harry G. Lee >Suite 500 >1801 Barrs St. >Jacksonville, FL 32204 >USA >Voice: 904-384-6419 >Fax: 904-388-6750 ><[log in to unmask]> >Visit the Jacksonville Shell Club Home Page at: >www.jaxshells.org > >oo .--. oo .--. oo .--. > \\(____)_ \\(____)_ \\(____)_ > `~~~~~~~` `~~~~~~~` `~~~~~~~` _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com