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From: Andrew Sharpe <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, January 03, 2002 2:22 AM
Subject: Epitonium rugosum
>Hi Folks,
> Happy New Year to all. Just wondered if anyone could tell me the
>registered world record size of Epitonium rugosum.
>
>Best Regards
>Andrew Sharpe
Good Morning,
I noted your query re the Epitonium rugosum but decided to wait
until others made comment.
Now I find I may be in someones ARCHIVES as the reply
was doubtless about the one we received last year.
Ours is 133.2....and alas a fake. I have a suspicion some
one in the Philippines is a darn good artist...By the looks of
the shell it couldnt be more
perfect...however when in doubt we have taken the shell to
our good friend the Vet. who xrayed it for us at a small fee.
Worth every penny and unless the little animal got carried
away and couldnt help itself, there is no inner
structure to show the spiral ...a solid
shell for the most part...Cant find the xray at the moment to be
more explicit but take it from me it is a fake...a beautiful fake.
We even told our supplier that we had had the picture made and he
seemed shocked and couldnt yet believe it...Of course we kept the
shell...to me its a work of art and as valuable as real one
would be...however now that I think on it, I would be hard pressed
to give up the $900.00 I was offered for it when it was
thought to be for real.
This is not the first "Record" size shell wehave gotten from the
Philippines so now we take them and have xrayed....One time a
shell was altered to be another specie but the onethey used was
worth more than the one they created...
Hope this helps a bit.....
Mique Pinkerton
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