Ross,
You got it all right. When Art gets his s---  together and
publishes it we will all be about 30 years  better off. By
the way Art, What ever happened to your great cartoons in
HNS?
I have missed them after 35 years of printed matter.
Fred
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> From: Ross Mayhew - [log in to unmask]
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> Subject: Misplaced species (disjunct distributions)
> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 11:25 AM
>
>     All the interesting messages about unusual finds in
Florida reminded
> me of some other species which are found in widely
divergent areas  such
> as Carolina and Japan (ice age to blame, perhaps-
circumboreal  Boreal
> spp pushed south, adapt to temperate conditions later,
but are
> expatraited from colder waters on the Atlantic side, but
remain in the
> Pacific, leaving a disjunct distribution for the spp in
question).  The
> most unusual disjunction (is this allowable terminology?)
is an
> Epitoniid whose name excapes me (Art- help!)- it occurs
in New Zealand
> and Florida, but NOT in-between!!  Weaving a plausible
narrative to
> explain this one has proved beyond my ability- any
ideas??  (Also, any
> other odd distributions of molluscs would make VERY
interesting reading
> (for me, at least!!))
>
>
> -Ross M.
> P.S. :  I once recieved two lovely Cyphoma from a friend
who ventured
> over to the Phillipines.  They were labelled "Negros Is,
tangle net at
> 35 fathoms" (no mention of Sea Fans!!).  It turns out
that some
> Philipinos trade for colorful shells from other parts of
the world,  and
> sometimes either get them confused with local material-
or try to make a
> few extra dollars from not-too-knowledgeable Americano
Touristas!!