Ah, more confirmation for what a good area it is (was?) for unusual finds!

And you're confident in the ID versus Agatrix agassizii. This is reassuring to me.

Thanks, John!

David


The system isn't broken, it's fixed.


-----Original Message-----
>From: John Wolff <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jan 19, 2016 4:07 PM
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>Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Agassiz's Nutmeg
>
>I found a beached 8.4mm smithii on Juan Griego Bay, Margarita Is. in 1992
>
>John
>
>
>  PM 1/19/16, you wrote:
>>Thanks for your productive labors on these, Marlo!
>>
>>I have an 8.5mm shell from Tacuantar, Isla Margarita, Venezuela. 
>>It's beached and the protoconch is not well-preserved, but it looks 
>>more like Axelella smithii than Agatrix agassizii. Two distinct 
>>columellar folds but no sign of the siphonal canal getting more pronounced.
>>
>>Have others found either species in Venezuela? Have others found 
>>beach specimens of either species?
>>
>>David Kirsh, LPC, RN
>
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