Charlie

The shell can crack and explode if submitted to a quick change of temperature.

The specimen I had was on my desk and got direct sunlight on a cool day.

After this I kept all specimens inside a foam box to prevent temperature changes.

Marcus

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Re: RES: shell cracking

Marcus,

However, they must crack first before they explode :-)
Never having seen it happen, only seeing the end results in museum
collections, I would agree that they may have exploded.

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