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Hi,
I browsed all my references and I couldnt identify this shell. It come from Rodrigues (a remote island East of Mauritius). I believe it is an Architectonidae. the shell is 28mm wide.
Thanks for any help.
Pierre

<img src="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/4935.JPG" alt="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/4935.JPG" style="border:0" />
Hi Pierre,

This is not a marine shell but a terrestrial one, probably a <i>Tropidophora</i>, maybe the endemic <i>Tropidophora articulata</i>.

Bruno
Check out this site:
vieoceane.free.fr/mollusques/terrestre1.htm
Dave
Thanks a lot Bruno & Dave, I really got confused on that one !
Pierre