I was rather thinking it was due to the walk/flop it does
while the various spider.... arms are forming. Shock movement
might dislodge and bend that recovers leaving a crook.
Yea - old dad kicking the kid out of the hole!
As the shell needs a bigger hole to live it, it dissolves the fingers
off in an almost perfect line down the swirl. The snail begins to
build upon this - and sometimes it is below this cut - so a bump in
the back starts as the shell material is slathered upon the edge. When
the opening and hole is the proper size, slots are made in the shell
and they start as open inverted U's. These soft channels are prone
to change. They eventually fill in - some to sharp spikes.
I suspect the change out of fingers is likely a seasonal / phase of the moon
type of operation.
That is my take. Just less fluent as Winston :-)
Martin
Winston Barney wrote:
> Dear Eddy,
> A better question might be, why aren't there any more normal Lambis
> specimens? I personally feel that they weren't loved by their parents. Maybe
> the father was a drunkard or druggie and always in the local Lambis jail.
> There could be other factors, however. For example severe, repeated
> beatings, crippling their tender little appendages. Or they may abuse
> themselves because they aren't accepted by the more beautiful members of the
> family, the former genus Strombus, probably slamming their little digits in
> the car door or picking a fight with a big crab. You know what they say,
> "there must be something in the water".
>
> Winston
>
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> WILMET
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> Hi friends,
> I was just wondering if there is an explanation why there are so many freak
> lambis specimens. Is this animal particular sensitive to factors like
> pollution or other triggers which causes distorsions?
> Are there any studies or research available on this problem.
> Thanks already for your help in this matter,
>
> Eddy WILMET
> http://system.seashell-collector.com/collector/eddy
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