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Shell Identification requested by Paul Tarbez
08-27-2006, 10:22 AM,
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Shell Identification requested by Paul Tarbez
Monsieur
Je me suis bien inscrit a seashell collector mais je n'arrive pas a vous envoyer une photo de ce coquillage pour identication et eventuellement evaluation.Merci CORDIALEMENT

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08-31-2006, 11:46 AM,
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Shell Identification requested by Paul Tarbez
Not certain, but it appears to be a volute, probably immature, and the only species I know of with a similar protoconch and such lightweight structure is Adelomelon rucciana (Vasquez & Caldini, 1990). It might be a juvenile of that deep water South Atlantic species?
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