I know what is Strombus samba. When the musicians were blowing
on Strombus gigas, a part of them danced Samba Ha, ha, ha.
 
Helmut from Innsbruck
 
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> Since we have been hitting the Strombus gigas recently.  Has anyone
> noticed a difference between the S. gigas from the Keys and the S. gigas
> now available from Haiti?  I have a couple S. gigas collected in the
> Keys years ago and they have relatively small knobs on the spire whorls
> out onto the last whorl, rather than the obvious spines I see on most
> shells now offered.  Is this just a coincidence or is there really some
> variability?
>
> Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA
>