Art:
          I am curious as to how many turbinium's are known. I know of 2 in
private collections, and two in museums (USNM and ANSP).  On the subject of
pernobilis, there are at least 5 in the USNM collections that are "perfect"
specimens and are great to photograph, (I have the numbers somewhere but I
can't think of them offhand) including the holotype. However, I wonder if
that particular type is actually a lectotype, because it is so perfect. I
guess I'll look it up on Friday.
 
OK here are a few more species named from one specimen:
 
Strombus listeri
Calliostoma atlantis
and
Haliotis pourtalesii
 Actually this one is quite interesting if I remember correctly. Seems that
when the one was dredged up live off south Florida by a guy with the name of
Count Louis Francois de Pourtales in 1869. He sent it to Dr. William Stimpson
in Chicago who was working on east coast mollusks. All of Stimpson's
manuscripts, specimens and notes were lost in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
About 10 years after the fire, William Healy Dall named and described it,
completely from memory. In 1915, a second specimen was brought up. Kinda cool
huh.
 
 
Sarah
 
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