Working from memory here, but I think the pictured shell may be Pleurodonte marginella, not P. caracola, which is a taller shell, and usually dark colored. Paul M. > ---------- > From: Burton Vaughan > Reply To: Conchologists of America List > Sent: 13, June 2002 12:55 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Uncertain ID "Pleurodonte caracolla" > > The "Pleurodonte caracolla" shell, shown at the web address below, was > included within a various group of identified pulmonate species in the > Archerd Shell Collection. It was collected in Cuba in the 1960s. This > shell > has quite different markings than does the "Pleurodonte caracolla (Linn., > 1758)" shown on p. 140 of Abbott's "Compendium of Landshells," c. 1989, > leading us to question accuracy of its ID. There is no tooth on the > interior > lip. > > <http://nighthawk.tricity.wsu.edu/museum/ArcherdShellCollection/Questionab > le > IDs.html> > > We would appreciate help or suggestions. > > -Burton > >