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Date: | Sun, 21 May 2000 22:04:25 EDT |
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Just have to get into this one. My top 10 shells in no special order are:
1. Conus milnedwardsi kawamurai...don't have one but one can always hope.
2. Strombus gigas...because we have some real beauts in the keys and I
can't take one. Do have a beauty from the
Bahamas, however.
3, Murex pecten....not a rare shell, but I dearly love the ones I have. In
fact in is the first shell I ever purchased but that is
another story.
4. Pterynotus loebeckei...another one I do not have, but I am envious of
every one I see.
5. Pterynotus bednalli...I have a very nice one that I treasure. Such
grace and beauty.
6. Cassis tuberosa...Collected these in the Bahamas and also have another
purchased one from Puerto Rico. The one I really want is one that Jim Cordy
found last June in the Abacos. I saw him bring that shell aboard the boat. It
was to die for.
7. Semicassis adcocki... A truly beautiful little shell.
8. Charonia tritonis varigatus...A showy and elegant shell.
9. Homalocantha anomaliae...Another would be favorite if I but had one. I
find it a most fascinating shell.
10. Conus nobilis victor...the fabled golden cone.
Good grief...that didn't even start to list my favorites. Maybe we should do
the top 100
Martin Tremor
St. Petersburg, FL
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