Conch-Lers
Just some personal observations on O. incrassata. I've collected both O.
i. burchorum and O. i. nivea from San Felipe, Baja Norte and El Golfo de
Santa Clara in Sonora, but never an all black specimen. The closest to an
all black specimen I've seen was a shell Charlie Waters collected in El
Golfo that had a black streak 1 1/2 inches wide. The Olives from El Golfo
seem to have more of these black streaks then ones collected from across
the Gulf in San Felipe.
Cheers
Rick
> Dear Gary,
>
> The late Rowland Ziegler had a black Oliva incrassata which
> he displayed at shell shows including
> Jacksonville's in the late 1970's.
>
> In the label he issued a caveat that read something like:
> "You'll never see one of these in nature;
> this shell is ShinolaR-treated."
>
> I'm rather sure Tucker Abbott saw this
> "specimen" on at least one occasion.
>
> I can't easily reconcile the statement in his book that
> a black form "has been found" with what he
> showed and discussed with me and others during those
> old-timey shell show festivities.
>
> Harry
>
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