Erick,
It's a pity that nobody spent a couple of minutes to answer your message.
To receive a box full of shells from a dealer or from a friend that you
trade shells is exciting for sure, but nothing compared with self collected
shells.
I don't have good stories, but each self collected shell I have remembers me
stories. It remembers me each trip I did, together with lot's of small great
moments. That's one of the reasons I keep collecting. And living land locked
in Brasilia, more than 700 miles far from the sea, that's why next Saturday
I'm leaving for a two week vacation where I'll collect some more great
moments that are also shells.
They remind me a cold beach in California, a sea fan in the Berries
(Bahamas), a dive in a 100 year old wreck in Recife, a shark encounter in
Noronha (last April), a large Terebra taurina buried in sand in Alagoas, an
almost world record Cittarium pica collected in Cartagena, the fear I felt
in a 1 foot visibility dive and the Siratus I found in that dive, ... No
good stories but tons of great moments.
Even with all this silence, we are not alone, you bet. Does anyone would
like to share their moments/stories with us?
All the best,
Eduardo Moreira
Brasilia, Brazil
-----Mensagem original-----
De: Erick Staal [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Enviada em: Domingo, 3 de Outubro de 1999 11:54
Para: [log in to unmask]
Assunto: [CONCH-L] Question about selfcollected special species
Hi all,
While rummaging through my collection I found a tube with Phenacovolva
brevirostris, which I collected in South Africa last year. I remember well
how special that find was to me, because I come from a country (The
Netherlands) where the shells aren't exactly renowned for their color and
beauty, and then finding this....Wow!!! And now I am curious: most
listmembers undoubtedly have a self-collected species in their collection
which evokes especially dear memories when remembering how or when it was
collected. Anyone a good story?
Erick
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Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 3:08 AM
Subject: Re: Question from Austria
> Dang that send botton!!!! I had a couple more - here is the full message:
>
> In a message dated 10/2/99 10:28:37 PM, you wrote:
>
> <<Can anyone else think of any other animal genera that are the same as
plant
> genera. >>
>
> Here are a few involving Molluscs, though they are not all currently valid
> names:
>
> Crucibulum - A cup-shaped fungus, and a limpet-like mollusc (family
> Calyptraeidae)
>
> Mycena, Caprinus - These are both names of fungal genera, and junior
synonyms
> of genera of land snails.
>
> Digitaria - The crab grass that wrecks your lawn, and a marine bivalve
> (family Astartidae)
>
> Zebrina - a vine-like decorative plant, and a genus of land snails (family
> Buliminidae)
>
> Stellaria - common chickweed, and a genus of carrier shells (Xenophoridae)
>
> Capsella - a weed called shepherd's purse, and a subgenus of Donax (family
> Donacidae)
>
> Trigonella - a legume called fenugreek, and a genus of margin shells
(family
> Marginellidae)
>
> Lens - the common legume called lentil, and a genus of fresh water mussels
> (family Unionidae)
>
> Mitella - the plant miterwort, and a junior synonym of Calyptraea (family
> Calyptraeidae)
>
> Phaseolus - the common garden green bean, and a genus in the family
> Lametilidae (close to Nuculidae)
>
> Pisum - genus of the garden pea, and a junior synonym of Pisidium (fresh
> water fingernail clams)
>
> Dipsacus - wild plant called teasel, and a junior synonym of Babylonia
> (family Buccinidae)
>
> Cucumis - the garden cucumber, and a junior synonym of Marginella
>
> Paul M.
>
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