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True, these are placed in the Neritidae, I forgot. However.......
Kurt
At 07:17 PM 9/1/99 -0300, you wrote:
>Dear Tom,
>
>I have two Bathynerita naticoidea that came from the Lousianna slope,
>collected at +-400m deep close to oil platforms. It's not from the genus
>Nerita, but from the same family. It looks much more a Natica than a Nerita.
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>[]s
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>Eduardo Moreira
>Brasilia, Brazil
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>
>-----Mensagem original-----
>De: Thomas E. Eichhorst [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Enviada em: Quarta-feira, 1 de Setembro de 1999 00:57
>Para: [log in to unmask]
>Assunto: Re: [CONCH-L] ?
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>
>James,
>
>...
>
>Last, about the deep water question. I have an unknown nerite that was
>taken by tangle nets in deep water off of Balicasag Island, Bohol,
>Philippines. I have another (can't remember the name but it is identified)
>that was mislabeled (I'm almost certain) as coming from 80 fathoms. If so,
>it had probably been dropped overboard and subsequently recovered. But the
>unknown, deep water nerite came with a lot of unidentified nerites from the
>Philippines. All had very good data but the person who collected then knew
>nothing about nerites. All were personally collected by him except the
>"deep water" nerite which was taken by the ubiquitous local fishermen with
>tangle nets. So who knows? This family inhabits a very harsh and demanding
>environment (intertidal) and have even taken up residence in brackish and
>fresh waters -- so the deep water dweller may be in my shell drawer or
>waiting to be found. Everyone "knew" Cypraea cervus was a vegetarian until
>Van and Alta Van Landingham had one that ate coquina clams like they were
>going out of style.
>
>Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA
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