Please send scan to us.   Jim is a Caribbean expert.

"Sylvia S. Edwards" wrote:

> Yes, I meant the paper nautilus in reference to a previous post.  The web
> page you directed me to is fascinating.  Thank you very much for pointing me
> in the right direction.  We have one Argonauta argo (damaged) my husband
> found on the beach of the Gulf of California.  I enjoyed the information and
> intend to go back and research the Spirula spirula we found on the Gulf of
> Mexico (thought it was a worm shell for a long time).
>
> A different subject:  Is anyone on Conch-L willing to take a look at a
> couple of shells I can scan and send?  I have not been able to identify them
> and those experts who have casually looked said they appeared to be immature
> Strombus gigas.  However, I have a small roller near the same size and there
> does not seem to be any similarity.  I would really like to have them
> identified once and for all, and could scan all 3 together for comparison.
>
> Sylvia S. Edwards
> Huntsville, Alabama
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Monfils, Paul <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 1:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Living Nautilidae
>
> > Hi Sylvia,
> > I assume you are asking about the argonaut or "paper nautilus", since the
> > true Nautilus never leaves its shell while alive.  Pictures of many kinds
> of
> > cephalopods can be found at the following website.  I'm not sure if an
> > argonaut without the shell is shown there or not.
> >
> > http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/tree/cephalopoda/cephalopoda.html
> >
> > If you are looking for the paper nautilus on this site, just keep in mind
> > that it is not actually a Nautilus, and will not be found in that section.
> > It is actually an octopus.  So go to the octopoda section, and then find
> the
> > family Argonautidae.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Paul M.
> >

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Jim and Bobbi Cordy
of Merritt Island, Florida.

Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells

Bobbi in Shell Creations