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Re: RES: "Hard" soft parts?!!
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Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 Jan 2003 13:53:14 +1300
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>Many thanks Paul!! It's an explanation that fits very well on what I have
>found. Since in ten years of shell collection I've never found or heard
>about it, it was very strange to see it coming out of my shell.

I have sectioned Conus, and the inner whorl walls  become less then
paper-thin, and inevitably white, as the colored layers are resorbed
by the animal to make room for the viscera, or for whatever reason
they do this.
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
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