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Aydin


On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 09:11:49 -0800, ronald noseworthy
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>Hi, Everyone!
>
>I thought that this might be of interest to
>some list members who are interested in
>mollusc survival in adverse conditions.
>
>Tonight I opened a bag of what I had though
>to be sand only from a beach on Cheju Island.
> A good friend of mine who has a knack for
>finding interesting material from the many
>beaches here had collected the sand on
>February 22.  To my surprise, when I opened
>the bag, I found in the damp sand several
>specimens of Litttorina brevicula which had
>been live taken. (The smell told me that!)
>However, one of the specimens was still alive
>and began to emerge from the shell.
>
>More than three weeks have passed since this
>specimen was collected and placed in the bag,
>completely covered in sand.  Also, Ziplock
>bags are supposed to be airtight and my
>friend had ensured that this bag was
>well-sealed.  It is rather surprising that
>this specimen survived for so long in those
>adverse conditions, even though its
>companions expired.
>
>Are there any other stories out there about
>molluscs that were collected and somehow
>managed to survive for a long time, or in
>adverse conditions, before being attended to?
>
>All the best!
>Ron Noseworthy
>

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