Hi,
The sand off the Gulf Coast of Alabama is white.
I was just in Mississippi area and sand is light but not as white as Alabama.

Marion Deuel

Andrew Dickson wrote:

> Dear Conchlers,
>
> Scaphella junonia johnstonae has a brown base color.  Could this be
> caused by certain sediments mixed with the sand and mud which were washed
> into the Gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi River?  I have never been to
> this region of the U.S.  What color is the sand off the Alabama /
> Mississippi area?
>
> Andrew
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