>Many thanks Paul!! It's an explanation that fits very well on what I have
>found. Since in ten years of shell collection I've never found or heard
>about it, it was very strange to see it coming out of my shell.
I have sectioned Conus, and the inner whorl walls become less then
paper-thin, and inevitably white, as the colored layers are resorbed
by the animal to make room for the viscera, or for whatever reason
they do this.
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Andrew Grebneff
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