Chicoreus pomum, off Key West
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Chicoreus pomum, off Key West| Marlo |
Posted: May 6 2012, 04:43 AM
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Via email from Greg, Key West.
"I hope you can help me. My son-in-law is a commercial fishermen and he bring shells for me to trade.I collect only Volutes so I'm always looking worldwide. He brought me this Murex last week and I said Murex pomum but it was collected in 210 feet ,6-7 miles due South of Key West and has purple on the mouth." "... maybe you can ID this shell for me."  |
     
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| Marlo |
Posted: May 6 2012, 04:47 AM
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Sure looks like Chicoreus pomum (Gmelin, 1791) to me. The purple shaded aperture is not uncommon.
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| Susan J. Hewitt |
Posted: May 10 2012, 04:15 PM
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I agree with Marlo on this ID.
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