Andrew Vik
Tampa, FL, USA
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Dear Bob, Patty, and Paulino:

Thanks for sharing your knowledge of Marginellids. I did not mean to
defame the entire family (actually now considered 2 families) as
scavengers, I just had that mistaken impression of Marginella apicina in
particular. Paulino's explanation of the dragging behavior sounds good.
It's kind of like a leopard dragging its prey up a tree to keep it away
from the other cats. We can learn a lot from watching live molluscs.

Yours, Andrew