Some years ago - 1995 or 1996 I think it was - I collected 50mm-ish
specimens myself in Porthcawl, southern Wales, UK.

Chris

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From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John
Wolff
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Upper size limit for Nucella lapillus?

The 1999 WRS lists it as 49.6mm

John
Lancaster, PA

At 09:56 PM 8/7/2010, you wrote:
>I was wondering what the upper size limit or even WRS might be for Nucella
>lapillus...most of my books list 2 inches and the largest I have seen
>offered for sale were in the 50-55mm ballpark  from a "now extinct"
>population somewhere in the Netherlands I think it was ...it sounded like
>the habitat was lost due to factors other than collecting (?) ...does
>anybody know of large specimens or localities that have produced large
>specimens, either here in the US or in Europe (including the one in the
>Netherlands?).
>
>The largest specimen I have seen in the US was just under 50mm, at Acadia
>National Park, on the "left" side of the Bar at Bar Harbor....fresh dead,
>49.8mm. Quite elongate
>
>Steve

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