Dear Art,
Thanks for the tip. I'll try to see what I can do trying to locate
Carl.
By the way, I talked to Helen DuShane, who was sent a
complimentary copy of the Epitonium Book and she was very excited and said
that she thought that it was well done. Kudos!!!
Dan
>Dear Dan;-
> I don't know how you will find him---but the expert on Conus radulae
>is Carl
>Sahlburg. He did some graduate work on the matter. He has even had a cone
>named for
>him (C. salburgi) Carl lives in or north of Indianapolis. If you know any
>shellers
>there, perhaps someone can find him for you.
> Art
>
>Dan Yoshimoto wrote:
>
>> To ALL,
>> I am making a display of poisonous cones and am searching for the
>> radulas of the following species:Conus aulicus, geographus, imperialis,
>> marmoreus, striatus, textile & Conus tulipa. The display is for a series
>> of talks that my wife & I give to the students of Humboldt County,
>> California. As there are no cone species, much less poisonous cone
>> species, in this part of the world, our young people have no idea what I'm
>> talking about. Photos & drawings don't seem to have the same effect as
>> real things.
>> Several years ago, at a shell show in Portland, a woman had a
>> beautiful dislay of all the venomous cone with their radula. Unfortunately
>> I don't know where she obtained these specimens.
>> Secondly, I have a list from 1965 of the reported attacks of
>> venomous cone from around the world, but have been unable to continue the
>> list since that time. Is there a publication or web site that might have
>> such information?
>> Thank you for your efforts in the educational process.
>> Dan Yoshmoto
>> 1164 Vista Dr.
>> Eureka, California
>> 95503-6018
>>
>> Dan & Hiromi Yoshimoto
>> Eureka, California
>> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>>
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