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TROCHIDAE'S to id please - diocrisseashells1000 - 09-06-2011
Hello collectors,
            This are some trochidae's need some id. From Philippines
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#2.  <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/63645283@N06/sets/72157627480893451/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/63645283@N ... 480893451/</a><!-- m -->
#3.  <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/63645283@N06/sets/72157627480889849/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/63645283@N ... 480889849/</a><!-- m -->
cheers,
Diocris.
Re: TROCHIDAE'S to id please - dave r - 09-07-2011
#1 I would say was a tiny baby Turbinidae rather than Trochidae. #2 I have no idea and #3 is Tectus fenestratus.
If I can just make a couple of points: 1/ it makes life a lot easier if you photograph your shells in better light, #1 is a very dark image, and 2/ Can I suggest you use a plain background when you photograph them, sometimes it is hard to pick out detail amongst a colourful background. Plain grey is probably the best.
These are just a couple of suggestions to make identification easier for us, it is not intended as any kind of criticism.
Dave
Re: TROCHIDAE'S to id please - diocrisseashells1000 - 09-07-2011
Hi Dave,
Thank you for your criticism it helps me to correct some of my poor perceptions and sorry for the poor photos, here are a new photos of the 1 i post.
new link :
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thanks
Diocris
Re: TROCHIDAE'S to id please - diocrisseashells1000 - 09-09-2011
hello there,
i think # 3 is a calliostoma specie. but i dont know the name, the nearest i can guess is calliostoma ticaonicum. any suggestion collectors, if i guess it correctly?
kind regards,
Diocris.
Re: TROCHIDAE'S to id please - dave r - 09-09-2011
#3 is not a Calliostoma species, it has a 'tooth' on the columnella which Calliostoma never has. I still say it is a baby Tectus fenestratus.
Re: TROCHIDAE'S to id please - diocrisseashells1000 - 09-09-2011
pardon me sir Dave, number error. i was referring to #2 as calliostoma sp not the #3 in which i consider you identified it correctly. my mistake in typing error :-[
sorry again,
Diocris.
Re: TROCHIDAE'S to id please - dave r - 09-10-2011
#2 still has the columellar tooth, but it is too small to say really. it is a juvenile perhaps?