Marlo,
I think you may be right.  Mark directed me to the picture of H antillarum
in Len Hill's Most Beautiful Seashells.  It looks exactly like what I have.
Much better then the black and white image in the Peterson guide.  Thank
you.
Beth
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Marlo Krisberg <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, November 13, 1998 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Mystery bubbles
 
 
>Probability is over 90% that it is antillarum.  Abbott places petiti in
West
>Indies (no mention of Florida).  I've collected Haminoea along Florida's
east
>coast from Palm Beach to Ponce Inlet for the past five years.  Never a
petiti.
>Antillarum is variable, but often the most "flaring" of the five species
I've
>found.  Particularly since you cannot discern spiral striae, it is unlikely
to
>be elegans.  Striae are absent or extremely fine (requiring 20X or greater)
in
>antillarum.
>
>Marlo
>Florida
>
>Peter Froehlich wrote:
>
>> Jr.
>> Thanks for your suggestion.  I have searched the shells books that I own
but
>> can not find an image of H. petitii(Orbigney).  Tried Popos and Gottos
web
>> page with no luck. If one of your books has a photograph or written
>> description would you mind sending a photocopy? Or maybe you know where I
>> could find an image online?
>> The only other suggestion I got was that it might be H. antillarum but
from
>> the photos I have of that species the arpeture does not flare as much as
the
>> shells I have.
>> Also I did get a complaint that my message was hard to read because of
the
>> format I sent it in.  Did you have any trouble reading it?
>> Thanks for any help you can offer.
>> Beth DeHaas
>> PO Box 94
>> Whitefield, ME 04353
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jr Powers <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 5:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Mystery bubbles
>>
>> >Hi Peter,
>> >Your bubble shells could be-Haminoea petitii(Orbigny)
>> > Jr
>> >
>