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There's a micro from Micronesia posted at ... David http://z14.invisionfree.com/Conchologist_Forum/index.php?showtopic=376
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Is this not the same shell? The following answers to the above
posting on the Forum "Let's Talk Seashells" ( http://z14.invisionfree.com/Conchologist_Forum/index.php?act=idx
) so I am treating as such and llisting the responses that
came through on Conch-L
( http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=CONCH-L&H=LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
) ... Avril Bourquin
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looks similar to a Rissoellidae. Drawings in Hawaiian Marine
Shells, Kay. Definately not a Triphoridae IMH... Sid
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This fits nicely into the genus Lirobarleeia Ponder, 1983*,
family Barleeidae; Lirobarleeia, however, was originally restricted
by Ponder (op. cit.) to the eastern Pacific and Caribbean. Any other
opinions? ...
Ponder, W. F. 1983. Review of the genera of the Barleeidae (Mollusca:
Gastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum 35: 231-281.
... José
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Barleeia seems like a good guess to me. I don't have access
to the Ponder article. Is the exclusive spiral sculpture characteristic
of Lirobarleeia? ... David
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Although I not a specialist in this group, I remember that,
in the Barleeidae, both Lirobarleeia and Caelatura may have species
with spiral sculpture only. Ponder's paper is not a guide of barleeid
species; it is a treatment at the genus level only. It does not
acknowledge, however, the presence of Lirobarleeia or Caelatura
in the Indo-West Pacific; you may be into something new, but I do
not know enough about barleiids from that part of the world to be
able to help! ...José
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I doubt that it is a barleeid - it may well be a rissoid (Lucidestea)
- the protoconch details are not really visible in the illustration
and they are critical....Winston
