A question from someone who knows nothing about shells. Can anyone tell
me how long it takes a Queen Conch to reach maturity? I found one as big as
my head at Cayman Brac this summer--is that mature? Anyway, I'm a writer,
and I want to make this the subject of a new poem. Oh, is it true you can
look at the striations on a shell and count its years? Like the trunk of a
tree? I know this is all very elementary. Thanks for responding. Ashley
Havird