Linda,
Funny thing. I have an unknown/no data that sounds just like yours. You
would think that a group as well collected as the Chicoreus spp. would be
easy to ID, but that's what experts and Conch_L is for!
Allen Aigen NYC
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On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:55:00 +0000 Linda Bush <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> Hi, All!
>
> Now don't yell at me for no image, unless you want to supply me with
> a digital camera. I have a small - 58 mm., dark brown, fat and
> squat Hexaplex specimen. Unfortunately, this is one of those shells
> you fall heir to when you are a beginning collector, but nobody
> gives you the data (thinking that you'll be content to just "have" a
> shell). So...I don't know where it's from.
> It is unremarkable, a small dark brown shell, with a lighter shade
> at the varices, and just a "fat, squat shell."
>
> Does anybody have any suggestions? Yes, I have a scanner, but the
> darn thing doesn't have any depth of field, so that is out.
>
> Thanks ahead of time,
> Linda
>
> P.S. My prayers have been with you in the path of any or all of the
> hurricanes.
>
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