Douglas Nolen Shelton wrote:
>
> In the most recent issue of MALACOLOGICAL EXPOSITOR,  the renowned
> malacologist, Tom Foolery has published the description of an astonishing new
> species which has been recovered from the DeSoto Canyon in the northern Gulf
> of Mexico off Pensacola, Florida.  Its discovery was a fluke as it was caught
> in the trawl of Dr. Foolery's research vessel and the captain and crew
> thought the net had been snagged on a huge rock.  When the crew could not
> free the trawl it was winched by hand to the surface (a task which took more
> than 24 hours).  To their surprise and the delight of Dr. Foolery, the rock
> turned out to be a new species of Tridacna; the only species of the genus to
> be found in the Atlantic.  This new species measured 14 feet in length and
> weighed in at one ton; making the largest living mollusk in the world.  This
> Megaclam as it has been termed was taken from a depth of 401 fathoms.  Dr.
> Foolery has named this megaclam TRIDACNA APRILIAUNO.   The holotype and only
> known specimen has been deposited in the Florida Museum of Natural History.
> According to museum personnel it has been given the accession number 04011999.
>
> Doug Shelton
> Alabama Malacological Research Center
> 2370-G Hillcrest Road #236
> Mobile, AL 36695 USA
The=at it a good one! fur sur. Most imiagitive I've seen.  I've been do
nothin but chasaing 6ft long strombus pugulis down the intertidal zone
out from west Marco!  Yuk YUY  Happy APrilfOOls DAy ALL