Andre,

is your email working? Just got back two letters, both stating the address
had permenant errors.

I had sent you an email asking if you wanted a pic of the c. duffyi I was
telling you about, and some other misc info bits.

Regards, lyle


> [Original Message]
> From: Andre Poremski <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 3/1/2006 5:51:58 PM
> Subject: Re: bizarre alphabet cone?
>
> Hi Gillian,
>
> I would love to see the image of the brown cone you found.  Conus
anabathrum
> (Florida Cone) from off the Yucatan closely resemble the form "burryae"
> (Clench,1942) from the Florida Keys as well as the elusive Conus
(Conasprella)
> largillierti (Kiener, 1845) - which may be very close to anabathrum.
What is
> the length?
>
> Feel free to contact me directly: [log in to unmask]
>
> Regards, Andre Poremski
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Gillian Overholser <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I just got back from Isla Holbox,  Mexico witha one or
> > two odd shells that I thought someone might have some
> > thoughts about.
> >
> > The first -- and aoddest -- is an alphbet cone that
> > has a high, stepped spire. Anyone ever seen one like
> > that? I found many alphabet cones, but all the rest
> > were approximately typical of the kind i've seen in
> > Florida -- maybe a little darker but hte spirres were
> > flatish and definitly never stepped.
> >
> > The second is a Florida cone that is a dark, rich
> > brown color all over.
> >
> > Is this a Mexican specialty or did I find something
> > truly freak-like?
> >
> > Also, it was fairly easy to find nice Turnip Whelks
> > there  (I got three in a five day trip) -- I thought
> > they were rare?
> >
> > best,
> >
> > Gillian
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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