My first thought is: don't overlook all the microshells you'll probably find
in the encrusting material. I once found at least a dozen species on a
California Haliotis.
David Kirsh
Durham, NC
> From: Stephen Browning <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 19:14:13 -0500
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> Subject: Cleaning Haliotis
>
> My stepson just returned from a mission trip to Capetown SA and brought back
> some beach specimens of Haliotis midae that a local collector was kind
> enough to give him for me. Some of them are quite encrusted. Can anyone
> offer any cleaning tips?
>
> Steve