Bob and David,

Yes, the thumbnail image for the banded tulip is an erroneous repetition of
the one for the true tulip (the enlarged version of the banded tulip is
OK). We will fix that thumbnail tomorrow. Thanks for spotting this glitch!

Cheers,

José

At 09:13 PM 12/3/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>José,
>
>I heartily applaud your efforts to put a comprehensive set of images and
>descriptions on the web, especially since you'll be including the micros!
>
>I noticed that there are identical Fasciolaria tulipa images for that name
>and F. lilium hunteria. (I know that you can get bleary-eyed from detail
>work and miss something obvious in editing).
>
>Thanks for your good work,
>
>David Kirsh
>Durham, NC
>
> > From: Jose H Leal <[log in to unmask]>
> > Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 20:57:35 -0500
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Sanibel Shells
> >
> > Dear Conch-Lers,
> >
> > I am glad to announce that we just uploaded the one-hundredth species onto
> > the "Seashells of Sanibel and Captiva" section of the Shell Museum Web
> > site. As you can easily check by hitting
> > www.shellmuseum.org/sanibel_shells.html, each entry includes more than one
> > view as well as brief information such as family name, maximum size
> > locally, and the common name adopted by the American Fisheries
> > Society/American Malacological Society for that species. Enjoy the images;
> > comments and suggestions would be most welcome.
> >
> > We illustrate only specimens from Sanibel, Captiva, and neighboring shallow
> > water areas; there are no pictures of "better-looking" specimens of the
> > locally occurring species from other areas to enhance the looks of the
> > project (e.g., the local sunrise tellins may look pale in comparison to
> > specimens from the Florida Keys). In a nutshell (!), what you see is what
> > can (or could) be collected in our part of mother ocean. In addition, I am
> > choosing to illustrate only species represented in the Shell Museum
> > collection by more than one lot. The goal is to offer images of around 300
> > shallow-water species (including micromollusks) by the end of 2003, and
> > later to include brief descriptions with them (these are almost all ready).
> > The results could also be published as a field guide to the mollusks of
> > Southwest Florida, but that is contingent on acquisition of financial
> > support, etc.
> >
> > I want to thank the Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club for lending financial and
> > moral support to this effort in particular and to the Research and
> > Collection Department of the Museum in general; we just received a research
> > grant from SCSC to purchase a Nikon D100 reflex digital camera and
> > accessories (6.1 megapixel resolution and innumerable other perks!)
> > Needless to say, it's been hard for Museum staff to get me away from the
> > photo room to tend to administrative chores these last few days.
> >
> > Happy Holidays,
> >
> > José
> >
> > José H. Leal, Ph.D.
> > Director, The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
> > Editor, THE NAUTILUS
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > www.shellmuseum.org
> > 3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
> > Sanibel, FL 33957 USA
> > (239) 395-2233; fax (239) 395-6706

José H. Leal, Ph.D.
Director, The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
Editor, THE NAUTILUS
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www.shellmuseum.org
3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel, FL 33957 USA
(239) 395-2233; fax (239) 395-6706