I was surprised too at not finding any Scotch Bonnets....I have found
them at Portsmouth Island in March. Vicky

David Kirsh wrote:

>Thanks for posting your Topsail Island list, Vicky.
>
>Some of the unusual items are unusual for Topsail but probably not for other
>North Carolina locations, in my experience. For Neverita duplicata to be
>unusual is more a statement about Topsail's paucity than anything else, for
>instance.
>
>Phyllonotus pomum and Muricanthus fulvescens are certainly fairly unusual. I
>haven't found them on any NC beach.
>
>I notice you didn't find Phalium granulatum, NC's state shell. People say
>that Ocracoke is the place for that after a nor'easter. (I didn't find any
>signs of those when I was there, but I did find fragments of Panopea
>bitruncata).
>
>David Kirsh
>Durham, NC
>
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