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From Mauritius - conchylinet - 07-26-2011 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. Re: From Mauritius - Raffy - 08-29-2011 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 Re: From Mauritius - conchylinet - 08-29-2011 hi Raffy, thank you for that input. I wish I can collect more adult specimen of that specie later on. Pierre Re: From Mauritius - Emma - 08-29-2011 Hi Pierre! The third shell looks to me to be Trapezium gilvun. Best wishes, Emma. Re: From Mauritius - conchylinet - 08-30-2011 Thanks Emma, the id fits. I already have obserded that specie but it had not quite the same shape and was smaller. Pierre.