Pierre,

I have been shelling Florida since 1969 and have never found a
specimen I would ID as Oliva reticularis.

Best regards,
Jim

On Mar 10, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Pierre Recourt wrote:

> In my collection I have six lots of Oliva reticularis which should
> all be
> collected in Florida.
>
> One specimen is from Light House Beach, Sanibel, another two from
> Marco
> Island and a freak specimen from Ft.Meyers. Besides that I have
> three lots
> juveniles from Delray, Dania and Jupiter. All from the same source
> and all
> together with juvenile bifasciata and bollingi.
>
> However, according to Ed Petuch Oliva reticularis is never found in
> Florida! The one from Sanibel and Marco could be originally from the
> Bahama's. The freak one came from a lot with five freak sayana, so
> somebody could have put them together. The three lots of juveniles
> could
> have been mixed up too.
>
> It is curious to have so many presumable mixed lots from Florida. To
> be
> sure forever: has any of the readers ever found Oliva reticularis in
> Florida?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Pierre Recourt
>
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