At 03:34 PM 8/11/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>I've picked up quite a few rustica, deltoides, haemastoma type critters and
>>never gotten 'purpled'.  Am I doing something wrong?  Sea Hares?  That's
>>another story.

Next time I'll try roughing them up a little bit.  KA

>Purpura patula was effective in my experience, and apparently Abbott's,
>from the mention in American Seashells.  Perhaps you're too gentle in
>picking them up.  J
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