Sarah, I will have my friends scout the beach and see if they have seen any
live epitoniidaes.  I think they arrive today.  When are you leaving for
Sanibel?  The beach changes so much each year not to mention day to day.
But do try all the places I mentioned.If you go to what I call City Park or
Algiers (the road off gulf drive) be sure and go to the left and look in
tide pools made at low tide.  Low tides seem to be all early morning last of
December and January. We all know wnat you want for Xmas--to photograph the
live epitoniidaes. We should have our phone in the afternoon of December
30th. Call me.  Have answering machine.
Ardeth
-----Original Message-----
From: MR ART WEIL <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 9:16 AM
Subject: Sanibel Epitoniidae
 
 
>Dear Sarah;-
>   Live Eps will probably not be far from the dead ones that one
>finds on the beach. But off-shore snorkeling around Sanibel appears
>not to have clearness at more than a few feet. My advice is: if
>snorkeling, don't look for the eps, but rather look for sea anemones.
>That's what they feed on and are rather larger than the Eps. If you
>find some, scrabble about the base.
>  The other bit of advice I would give is to go visit the Bailey-
>Mathews shell Museum and talk to Jose Leal about your problem. He
>knows most of what there is to know about Sanibel.
>     Art
>