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A great question. I'm looking forward to answers. I find what I do to be
unsatisfactory.
I collect a lot of micros. I don't try to clean them. Most are so
fragile that too much handling risks excessive damage. So, I simply
dessicate them using 70% ethanol (I find it does a little better job than
isopropyl alcohol and is not as hard to find or as expensive as 100%
alcohol). However, too often the animal ends up plastered on the shell
just outside the mouth and obscures too much of the shell. I'd love to
learn of a better method that actually removes the animal.
Marlo
Florida
Jorge Bartolomeu wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> In a near future, I will probally have the chance to collect some
> small Marginellas (from 0.5 to 2 mm). My question is, how should I
> remove the animal from the shell with out damaging the same? Should I
> freeze them, place them in alcohol maybe? Since I have never had the
> chance to collect live Marginellas here in Europe, I'm a bit empty
> handed.
> Would also like to hear of good techniques to collect these shells.
> Are there any sugestions!!! I know the "gang" wont let me down ...
>
> Shelling regards to you all,
>
> Carlos (Portugal)
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