The collector that had all of the shells at 3 inches was Sunni Cabrera.
I probably didn't get the last name spelled right.  That collection is
now in the Bailey Matthews Museum on Sanibel.  Some of my shells she
also got from me. One being a 3 inch Latirus infundibulum from Haiti.

Bob Lipe


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> People have many very interesting ways of determining just what they collect.
>  Some years ago I exchanged shells with a lady in Puerto Rico who collected
> shells that were exactly 3 inches in greatest dimension.  She had clear
> plastic boxes of one size, which would just accomodate a 3" shell.  I believe
> her cutoff was plus or minus 1 millimeter!  She sent me pictures of her
> collection, row after row of identical plastic boxes laid out on glass
> shelves, must have been a couple of thousand of them at least.


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