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Re: Vita Marina
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"Monfils, Paul" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:42:34 -0500
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If your specimen is indeed a Mollusc, then I would agree with Geoff that
Teredinidae is your best bet.  However, keep in mind that many non-molluscan
marine worms (Phylum Annelida) also construct calcareous tubes, usually
attached to various solid substrates.  In the Philippines are some really
huge Teredinidae, of the genus Kuphus, which can exceed 1 meter in length
and 50 mm in diameter.  But I'm not aware of anything similar in the
Caribbean area.

Paul M.

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