Dear Steve,
In the collection of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem we have the
following large specimens of Nucella lapillus:

63.8 mm Great Britain, Kent, Sandwich leg. J. Dalgleish (a heavy shell)
62.8 mm Great Britain, Dorset, Savanage leg. G.L. Wilkins (a very heavy
shell)
57.0 mm Great Britain, Minehead, leg. Fowler (a light shell)

Best regards,

Henk Mienis

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Subject: [CONCH-L] Upper size limit for Nucella lapillus?


>
> I was wondering what the upper size limit or even WRS might be for Nucella
> lapillus...most of my books list 2 inches and the largest I have seen
> offered for sale were in the 50-55mm ballpark  from a "now extinct"
> population somewhere in the Netherlands I think it was ...it sounded like
> the habitat was lost due to factors other than collecting (?) ...does
> anybody know of large specimens or localities that have produced large
> specimens, either here in the US or in Europe (including the one in the
> Netherlands?).
>
> The largest specimen I have seen in the US was just under 50mm, at Acadia
> National Park, on the "left" side of the Bar at Bar Harbor....fresh dead,
> 49.8mm. Quite elongate
>
> Steve
>
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