I was planning on starting with something simple, then moving on towards the
bullata group ...
 
My greatest project would be to bring life to the conus (contraconus)
adversarius tryoni!!! never seen any with pattern still left as with some of
the others have you ? . I picked up a few pliocene conus in hillsbourgh
county, after all these years you could still see the patterning, looked
much like spurius. once again , the question here is DOES  anyone have even
the slightest bit of patterning left on a conus (contraconus) adversarius
tryoni specimen? If I were to ponder the shell, i would say that the
structure looks "DELESSERTII " in structure, spire shape .
If we can get a general consensis of body pattern, and color this is
do-ible. any input would be most appreciated. thanks a bunch for the
insiration ,
Mark James & Peta Susan Bethke
3001 South Ocean Dr. Suite 4-V
Hollywood, Florida
33019-2804
U.S.A.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Bobbi Cordy <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, April 16, 1999 4:08 AM
Subject: Re: a real "DUH" of a question
 
 
>Mark:
>
>I am doing models of the living mollusks.  AND I have done cones.  They are
not
>square that I know of.   I made mine long and rounded....with proboscis and
eye
>stalks.
>Going to do a poisonous cone with a fish in its mouth....should be neat.
>
>ferreter wrote:
>
>> OK Cone people, on page 475 of RKK there are several illustrations of
cone
>> feet, the image is sort of spade shaped , does the flat end indicate that
>> the end of the cone foot is square? reason for asking is that i want to
>> model a few living conus and need to orient myself with the images. any
help
>> of suggestion would be most appreciated, Mark James & Peta Susan Bethke
>> 3001 South Ocean Dr. Suite 4-V
>> Hollywood, Florida
>> 33019-2804
>> U.S.A.
>
>--
>Jim and Bobbi Cordy
>of Merritt Island, Florida.
>
>Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
>Caribbean & Florida Shells
>
>Bobbi in Shell Creations
>