On WRS database:

Busycon carica carica...

old: 281 by M Detimmerman in 1989
 - assumed due to no photo, this was replaced with:
new: 234.81 by Havelet Marine



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>From: Steve Rosenthal <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Aug 29, 2016 9:01 AM
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>Subject: [CONCH-L] Busycon carica sizes (again)
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>About a year ago there was a discussion of B. carica in a conch-l thread, and the size of some large fossil shells was cited up to 244mm, and it was noted Malacolog database gave the current maximum size at 249mm. 
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>I wonder if anybody could please check and report out on the current size in the official (subscriber) registry database, or in the similar past registry databases in print. 
>
>Equally useful would be if anybody has records or knows of specimens in the size range of 249mm and up, all the books and online references I have stop at 9 inches, Malacolog cites 249mm (a little under 10 inches), and the current online Wikipedia article states up to 12 inches (305mm) but I did not  find that in the references cited on the Wikipedia page itself.  (although one of the four links in the refs. did not work)
>
>Thanks in advance for any data.
>
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