Of course David the strombus gigas shell you found at key west was empty
RIGHT? I was once snorkling off molassas reef out from Key Largo  in 6 ft of
crystal clear water,   I found a lemon yellow gigas, very much alive , with
much respect for the law I left it that way.....Mark James & Peta Susan
Bethke
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33019-2804
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From: David Monsecour <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: Strombus samba Clench
 
 
>Dear Tom,
>
>I guess this is just a coincidence. I have these kind of things too, but I
>also have a gigas which was raised on a so-called gigas-farm. This shell
>has almost no knobs. On the other hand, I found a gigas on Key West last
>year (which I left because it was still alive) with quite large and sharp
>spines. Maybe this has something to do with sex or habitat.
>
>Maybe not much of a help
>Best regards
>David (Belgium)
>
>On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Thomas E. Eichhorst wrote:
>
>> Since we have been hitting the Strombus gigas recently.  Has anyone
>> noticed a difference between the S. gigas from the Keys and the S. gigas
>> now available from Haiti?  I have a couple S. gigas collected in the
>> Keys years ago and they have relatively small knobs on the spire whorls
>> out onto the last whorl, rather than the obvious spines I see on most
>> shells now offered.  Is this just a coincidence or is there really some
>> variability?
>>
>> Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA
>>
>