OK, mine is 4.4 cm or 44 mm measuring with my husband calipers, is that
right?  What do I do now?  Ours was collected in 1984.
 
Sylvia Edwards
 
William M. Frank wrote:
>
> Sylvia, the document cited is outdated.  All that information, along with
> all the
> new records collected since the American Malacologists  publication, are now
> contained in Kim Hutsell's "Registry of world size records."
>
> Janthina janthina is listed as 38.5 mm (Ethelyn Woodlock, 1991)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sylvia in Alabama <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sunday, February 22, 1998 1:26 PM
> Subject: World Records
>
> >Would someone who has the American Malacologists Standard Catalog of
> >Shells World Size Records please look up Janthina janthina for me?  All
> >I have is a 1985 supplement and Janthina isn't even listed.
> >
> >Also, does anyone know when the new Compendium is due to be published?
> >Does anyone know the exact title and authors so I can have my book store
> >notify me when it is available?
> >
> >Sylvia Edwards