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FRENCH TROCHIDAE - Carlos Galan - 07-05-2011
Hi, this is a Gibbula/ Monodonta of the mediterranean coast of France. ¿Anybody knows the specie?
THANKS.
![[Image: opt1309821518a.JPG]](http://subirimagen.infojardin.com/sube-fotos/images/opt1309821518a.JPG)
![[Image: cqs1309821535x.JPG]](http://subirimagen.infojardin.com/sube-fotos/images/cqs1309821535x.JPG)
![[Image: bwy1309821555z.JPG]](http://subirimagen.infojardin.com/sube-fotos/images/bwy1309821555z.JPG)
![[Image: klz1309821573k.JPG]](http://subirimagen.infojardin.com/sube-fotos/images/klz1309821573k.JPG)
![[Image: cqs1309821590w.JPG]](http://subirimagen.infojardin.com/sube-fotos/images/cqs1309821590w.JPG)
Re: FRENCH TROCHIDAE - helmetapointe - 07-06-2011
it is : Osilinus turbinatus (Born, 1778)
    Trochidae (Family) > Cantharidinae (Subfamily) > Osilinus (Genus)
Re: FRENCH TROCHIDAE - Carlos Galan - 07-06-2011
Thanks for the determination, this family is difficult for me because there are a lot of similar species in the mediterranean sea.
Re: FRENCH TROCHIDAE - dave r - 07-06-2011
I would say turbinata.