Dear David and Conchlers:
It's a real fossil shell! Yestoday, i just got it from Devils Bridge (northeast of Antigua),
i expend over two hours used harmmer and chisel got it out from a big stone, becouse
time late, the harmmer many time hit myself fingers, even today when i touch the keyboard
is felling some pain, but i am very happy for obtain it.
It was show about half of body whorl on stone (a small piece off at the centre, but it's still
look strong) and counted 17 thick varices at this part, i guess it must 8 or 9 whorls,
(small apex break off in working!) so the whole shell's size must more then when i measure.
It's most part still covered in the hard stone, i think except use some spacial tools will no
easy to clean it out.
Yes, i will like to share it with all you when the pages complete.
Thank you.

a colletor at W.I.


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From: bivalve <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 5:38 AM
Subject: Re: questions for EPTONIUM


> It is also possible that the specimen is a fossil, in which case additional large species must be considered.  Epitoniids have calcite shells, so they may look nice even though most associated shells are just holes in the rock.  Jung, 1971, reports a new fossil Sthenorhytis from Carriacou, though smaller than the modern pernobilis.
>
>     Dr. David Campbell
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