Dear Scott,
 
Yes, Don Pisor is currently listed in the Registry as having the record
Pleurotomaria rumphii. However, that doesn't mean there isn't a bigger
one out there. Word is slowly getting around that there is, again, a
place to register world size record shells and new records have been
flowing in steadily.  The fact that a larger P. rumphii hasn't been
submitted may simply be a matter of the owner or repository not having
time to do it.  Institutions are usually slower to respond in submitting
records than private collectors because museum personel are already
stretched to the limit, time-wise. We would love to include all the
records housed in museums in the Registry, but we realize in comparison
to their other duties and projects, registering world records is of
rather minor importance. It's usually volunteers (hint, hint) who take
the time to measure the shells in museum collections (except for Gary and
Jose, who seem to have the energy of three people).
 
I guess here would be a good place to mention that the deadline for
submitting new records to be included in the 1999 issue of the Registry
is May 1, 1999.
 
Best regards,
 
Kim Hutsell
Senior Editor
Registry of World Record Size Shells
 
 
Scott E Jordan wrote:
>
> Dear Conch-L,
>
> Don Pisor told me HE had the world record P. rumphii.  I know Bob Foster
> also has a huge one (I mean rumphii).  Kim Hutsell, are you listening?
>
> Scott Jordan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Eichhorst <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 4:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Museum Tour Web Site
>
> >Thank you Rich and others who brought us the Smithsonian tour.  That was
> truly
> >a lot of fun.  I highly recommend this to everyone on the list.  If you
> haven't
> >had a chance - take the time and run through the photos; you will be glad
> you
> >did.  Smiling people and some great shells - like the world record
> >Pleurotomaria rumphii.  You couldn't quite ride it, but only because it
> would
> >be way too slow.
> >
> >Thanks again, almost like being there.
> >
> >Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico