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Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:28:01 -0500
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Re: What is this ?
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Andrew Grebneff wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 9:00 PM, He Jing <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>Happy 2009
>>
>>Who can help to put a name on the shell ?
>>
>>http://www.shellspecimen.net/Article_View.asp?id=7
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>>Thanks
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>>He Jing
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> That is a polychaet worm tube, not a mollusc. I can't put a taxonomic
> name to it, but have seen similar but much smaller tubes in New
> Zealand.

Right. These tightly coiled ones are also common in Southeast Florida,
though I have never seen one with as many coils as the one pictured.
Must be a real old guy.

m

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