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Re: Morum oniscus SW Florida?
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"José H. Leal" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 9 Aug 2010 10:59:13 -0400
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Thanks Emilio!
________________________________________________________
José H. Leal, Ph.D., Director and Curator
The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
Editor, The Nautilus
www.shellmuseum.org

3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel, FL 33957 USA
(239)395-2233
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-----Original Message-----
From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Garcia Emilio F
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 10:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Morum oniscus SW Florida?

Dea José,

Morumm oniscus has been reported from all quadrants of the Gulf of Mexico
except the
northwestern*.

Regards,

Emilio

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn & E. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the
Gulf of Mexico. In:
Gulf of Mexico: Its Origins, Waters, and Biota.I,I. Biodiversity. D. L.
Felder & D. K. Camp, eds,
Texas A & M University Press, pp. 579-699.



On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 09:00:19 -0400, José H. Leal wrote
> Dear Listers,
>
> Yesterday I was walking the beach with Kim on a remote part of
> Captiva Island, Florida.  There, before my eyes, she found an
> Atlantic morum, Morum oniscus, on a wet pile of beach drift, at low
> tide. The shell is great shape, but the protoconch is a little eroded.
>
> Does anyone know of a record of this species from the coast of SW Florida?
>
> Thanks,
>
> José
> ________________________________________________________
> José H. Leal, Ph.D., Director and Curator
> The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
> Editor, The Nautilus
> www.shellmuseum.org
>
> 3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
> Sanibel, FL 33957 USA
> (239)395-2233
> fax (239)395-6706
> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
>
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