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Oliva from Sri Lanka
09-30-2012, 10:31 PM,
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Oliva from Sri Lanka
                            Need ID help for this smal ( 28.4 mm ) Oliva from North-West-Sri Lanka.


                [img width=561 height=480]http://nsa30.casimages.com/img/2012/09/30/120930024235398236.jpg[/img]

                                                        Thank you in advance
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10-01-2012, 11:18 AM,
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Re: Oliva from Sri Lanka
Looks like a juvenile Agaronia gibbosa.
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10-02-2012, 01:42 AM,
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Re: Oliva from Sri Lanka
Thank you Dave !

Found out, it looks also similar to Agaronia nebulosa
      ( Compendium of seashells, page 196 )
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10-02-2012, 02:04 AM,
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Re: Oliva from Sri Lanka
Similar but not the same. It is a different shape, diferent spire, different banding and different aperture to A. nebulosa. Juvenile A. gibbosa are much more slender that adults as this one is. There is a photo in Sterba's 'Olividae, A Worldwide Collector's Guide' that is exactly like yours.
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10-03-2012, 05:09 AM,
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Re: Oliva from Sri Lanka
                    Thank you Dave !

            I'll place them with the gibbosa.
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