Hi David,
Could we trade for one or two of your growth series? Will
send trade list if you want.
Fred
 
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> From: David Monsecour
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> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Now that's one big "Conch"
> Date: Monday, January 26, 1998 8:03 AM
>
> correct: goliath is the largest (if completely adult; my
collection also
> has 3 juveniles of about 4cm each, 2 juveniles of 11 cm
and one teenager
> of about 25 cm)
>
> David
> belgium
>
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> Annemarie Mott
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>
> On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Jose Eduardo de Alencar Moreira
wrote:
>
> > Hello there,
> >
> > May be I'm wrong, please I'd appreciate to be corrected
by our experts, but
> > as far as I know, Strombus goliath is the largest
Strombus, not Strombus
> > gigas.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Eduardo Moreira
> > Brasilia, Brazil
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> > PS: It's a personal request by I bet many others will
agree. I'd appreciate
> > that all of us signed the messages with our names, not
our initials. ABC or
> > XYZ most times means nothing for me...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > De:   strombus @ EMAIL.MSN.COM em 17/01/98 00:03 EST
> >
> > Favor Responder a [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Para: CONCH-L @ UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
> > cc:    (bcc: Jose Eduardo de Alencar Moreira/Telebras)
> > Assunto:  Now that's one big "Conch"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Conch     Page 1 of 1
> > Conch, common name applied to many species of marine
snails
> > (gastropod mollusks). The shells of true conchs have
overlapping
> > whorls and an outermost triangular whorl. The covering
of the
> > shell opening is a clawlike structure used by the conch
to dig
> > into the sea bottom and push itself along in short,
sudden
> > spurts. The largest conch, called the queen conch,
lives in the
> > Atlantic Ocean in warmer waters. Its shell reaches a
length of
> > about 1 m (about 3 ft). The queen conch and some other
species of
> > conch are harvested for their edible meat, and the
shells of many
> > conchs have ornamental value. The shells of some
species are
> > fashioned into trumpets for use in ceremonial music
among certain
> > religious and ethnic groups.
> > Scientific classification: True conchs make up the
family
> > Strombidae, order Mesogastropoda, subclass
Prosobranchia, class
> > Gastropoda, phylum Mollusca. The queen conch is
classified as
> > Strombus gigas.
> > -----Verbatim from Microsoft Encarta
> > (encarta.msn.com/introedition/default.asp)----
> >
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