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unidentified from tropical Indian Ocean
10-26-2009, 02:00 PM,
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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

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10-28-2009, 04:12 PM,
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Hi Pierre,

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

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10-29-2009, 10:08 AM,
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Check out this site:
vieoceane.free.fr/mollusques/terrestre1.htm
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10-29-2009, 07:04 PM,
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Thanks a lot Bruno & Dave, I really got confused on that one !
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