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Hi.
I have these recent shells from Mauritius (Indian Ocean) collected dead between -20  and -30m.
Family is ok, but I need help to identify them.


[1] A small mitridae - 15 mm


[2] An unusal cone, fresh dead - 47 mm


[3] Looks to be a large Trapeziidae - length 80mm.


Pierre.

Hi conchylinet,

your mitridae is very nice and the picture too, but I find it very confusing on comparing to other miters because this one is a juvenile but by looking at feature(the texture of the body, the color and the spire) there is one specie that comes in my mind that resembles it, It could be a juvenile Mitra (Mitra) nubila (Gmelin, 1791), I hope so..

Cheers,
Raffy

hi Raffy, thank you for that input. I wish I can collect more adult specimen of that specie later on.
Pierre

Hi Pierre!

The third shell looks to me to be Trapezium gilvun.

Best wishes,

Emma.

Thanks Emma, the id fits. I already have obserded that specie but it had not quite the same shape and was smaller. Pierre.