I recently obtained a number of Murexsul/Muricopsis oxytatus from an old Florida collection made in the late 1970s-early 1980s. There was no data label. The shells are likely from 1 or 2 of 4 locations where most of the material in this collection was from, ie the original collector doesn't remember well enough to be sure.....
1. Port Canaveral Scallop Piles
2. Bear Cut (Key Biscayne), Miami, shallow water
3. Dania Beach dredging/beach restoration project 1977
4. Miami Beach dredging/beach restoration project 1979-1980
I would guess localities 3 and/or 4 are more likely. Can some of the FL collectors/divers tell me if they found this shell in areas or situations and/or times that correspond or correlate to any of the above? Thanks, Steve
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