Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Family Next species _______________   Additional Photos   shell   protoconch	Graphis sp. # 3   Maximum size:  1.7 mm shell length. Identification:  The shell of this species is intricately sculpted with curving axial ribs and fine spiral cords. It may be distinguished from the shell of Graphis sp. # 2 by its more slender form, smaller protoconch and the presence of a basal cord. Shells from Midway Atoll are slightly less slender. The animal is cream. Natural history:  Shells of Graphis sp. # 3 are moderately rare in beach drift and more common in subtidal sand samples. Live animals are occasionally found in shallow rocky habitats. Distribution:  Maui and Midway. Taxonomic notes:  This species appears similar to the Philippine shell attributed to Graphis pacifica in Bandel, 2005 but not to the holotype of that species from the Gulf of Aquaba. Photo:  CP: Napili Bay, Maui; Nov. 9, 2003(?). Observations and comments: Note 1:  ( )
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