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Are these turrids? - wateryworld - 04-29-2012
I'd like to know if these are turrids, the smaller one possibly being turricula coreanica or gemmula cosmoi, the larger one unknown. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
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Re: Are these turrids? - paul monfils - 04-29-2012
Yes they are turrids. The larger one looks like Gemmula deshayesi. I'd say Turricula coreanica is a pretty good guess on the smaller (and immature) shell, but I'm not sure. It definitely is not G. cosmoi.
Re: Are these turrids? - wateryworld - 04-29-2012
Thanks a bunch, Paul
Re: Are these turrids? - wateryworld - 04-30-2012
Okay, a question about the coreanica - looking it up a bit, it appears that this shell was recently promoted from being a subspecies of turrid to its own family, Clavatulidae, and renamed "Makiyamaia coreanica". Thoughts on this change?