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Hi Dale,
A "Crabbed" shell is a shell that is occupied by a Hermit Crab. I'm
sure you've probably run across one or two of those guys in the beach
drift before?
No question is an ignorant question here.
Karlynn Morgan
NC-USA
On 6/11/2012 3:08 PM, Dale Snyder wrote:
> I know this sounds ignorant, but I want to be sure my understanding of "crabbed" is correct. When you use this term, are you saying it was caught while fishing for crabs? Or are you saying crabs had damaged it, or something else?
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> Although I've been collecting shells among beach drift for many years, I'm not familiar with the jargon you more experienced and educated collectors use.
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> ---- Wayne Harland<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Conus lightbourni, Petuch, 1986. I don't know of a live taken specimen, all were crabbed specimens taken from very deep water off Bermuda.
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> Wayne
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