>Hi all,
>
>I just came across this "Antiques Roadshow" Webpage that talks about
>Dentalium (tusk shell) harvesting and the story behind it. Very
>interesting:
>
>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/series/highlights/2002/indianapolis/indianapolis_follow3.html
>
>Has anyone tried this method?
>
>I've found Rhabdus rectius by dredging, but had to trade for my
>first Dentalium pretiosum (thanks Scott)...they're certainly not
>something you see every day on this coast.
>
>Regards,
>Peter Egerton

I have collected numerous gadilids (Cadulus etc) by dredging mud, but
very few dentaliids (all Fissidentalium).  They seem to slip out
through the mesh...

Fossils are a different matter! In places giant Fissidentalium abound.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
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