Dear Nora,
No Stromboid notch in juveniles. By the way, did you know that Linnaeus
also named the juvenile of Strombus gigas? He named it Strombus lucifer.
Gijs C. Kronenberg
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> Van: NORA BRYAN <[log in to unmask]>
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> Onderwerp: Juvenile Strombus gigas
> Datum: zondag 4 april 1999 22:51
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> Can anyone tell me if juvenile Strombus gigas, (say about 25 cm long)
> has an obvious strombal notch? (I am starting to think that this is
> what my "mystery" shells may be - the ones I thought might be a
> Hemifusus or a Busycon). My specimens don't have one.
> Thanks!
>
> Nora Bryan
> Calgary, Alberta
> CANADA