Hi Winston,
I encountered the same phenomenon while I was in Mexico a few months ago. All
the live Vasum I found were positioned aperture up with operculum exposed.
They seemed alive and well, so I kindly returned them to thier original state.
Why this position? Do they want to get a tan? :)
~Andre Poremski
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