Andrew Vik
Tampa, FL
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David:

I went down to Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key (Manatee County, West Florida)
on Sunday, but there was not much material on the beach yet. Sometimes it takes
a few days for the good stuff to wash up. I did find my first specimen (in
Florida) of Perna viridis, the recently introduced green mussel from the
Pacific.

Yours, Andrew

David Kirsh wrote:

> Dear shellers,
>
> Not too often that I get a chance to check a beach right after a major
> storm.

> Has anyone else gotten a good harvest from Gabrielle or Erin? Any
> significance to the variation of interior color in Kiener's Whelk from
> orange to cream to white?
>
> David Kirsh
> Durham, NC