Dear Marlo,

If you have some of your microshells for the museum in Innsbruck please let me know.
I would be very pleased and thankful if you find such shells in future and can spare some ones
for the museum in Innsbruck.
with best shelling greetings
Helmut from Innsbruck


Helmut "Helix" Nisters
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Innsbruck
phone and fax: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
web:    www.netwing.at/nisters/

office:
Natural History Department of the
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
Feldstrasse 11 a
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86 - 37

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> I've been experimenting with a small dredge I've been trying to drag behind my
> kayak.  The following
> is some of what turned up (sizes are approximate).
>
> Stellatoma stellata      Dead, but excellent specimen         7mm        1
> Stellatoma stellata      Live, immature lips                        4-7mm    2
> packets of four
> Nassarius acutus        Live, very pretty                            6-8mm
> 3 packets of three, 1
> packet of 2
> Tellina versicolor        Live, red rays                                7mm
>     2
> Anadara transversa    Live                                                4mm
>     2
> Granulina hadria        Dead
> 2.5 mm    1
> Nucla proxima            Live                                                4
> & 3 mm    2
> Costoanachis obesa    Live                                            4mm
>           2
> Neritina virginea            Dead
> 4-7mm        6
> Pyramidella crenulata    Live
> 2.5-8mm        5
> Stramonita haemastoma floridana    L                                6-11mm
>    3
> Stramonita haemastoma floridana    L              8&9mm, one with operc.
> Stramonita haemastoma floridana    L              8&10mm, one with operc.
> Costoanachis avara        L                              10-12mm, periostracum
> present    4
>
> Anyone like to have some or all?
> --
> Marlo
> Merritt Island, Florida
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>