Thanks.  I'll keep adding data as others contribute and issue another summary as the the inventory
grows.

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Marlo
Merritt Island, Florida
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Andrew Dickson wrote:

> Dear Marlo,
>
> Details are coming back to me now that I have given more thought to this
> subject.  Back in the 80's I collected Cymatium aquatile in 8 to 10 feet
> of water under dead reef rocks near Fowey Reef Light off Miami.  When I
> collected Cymatium pileare they were also found under rocks much closer
> inshore.  The rocks were near the common (Thalassia) seagrass. (I think
> that is the correct spelling).  I also found some dead C. pileare
> offshore in 60 feet of water off Boynton Beach, Florida.
> If I recall correctly, (I hope) I believe the Cymatium aquatile had long
> tufts of periostracum on each of the nodules of the last whorl. C.
> pileare also has these tufts but nowhere near as prominent.
>
> Andrew Dickson
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