Steve,
 
If you have a detailed description of the cases and the animal who
deposited them, or if you collected the cases themselves, Dr. Charles
D'Asaro of U. West Florida (Biology Dept.) would likely be interested, and
a good source of info about Fusinid cases in general.  He has written a
great deal on the subject, and also is a CONCH-L subscriber.
 
Jenny Scarboro
 
 
401 S. Twin Creek Dr #9C
Killeen, TX 76543 USA
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> From: Steve Lonhart <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fusinus egg case
> Date: Tuesday, 23 December, 1997 12:52 PM
>
> Greetings,
>
> On a recent dive in Monterey I came across a large (of what I call)
> Fusinus monksae laying an egg case.  It was a transparent, squarish case
> with red coiled eggs inside.  Does anyone know of papers/books that talk
> about F. monksae reproduction?  First time I've ever seen this sort of
> thing.
>
> Happy Holidays,
>
> Steve Lonhart
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