This species seems to have a world wide distribution. In my collection i
have one from New Zealand.

Gijs

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> Van: Harry G. Lee <[log in to unmask]>
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: Re: Recluzia lutea
> Datum: woensdag 20 oktober 1999 1:41
>
> The following is a passage from a manuscript I am working on (Northeast
> Florida shells):
>
> "469. Recluzia rollandiana  Petit de la Saussaye, 1853  Brown Janthina
[5]
>  11 mm.
> Drift, St. Augustine Beach. PJ! 1981. (PJ).
> A Sargassum-associated species like Litiopa melanostoma (no. 274)."
>
> PJ! means collected by Paul Jones (now residing in Sicily with the US
> Navy). [5] means rare (actually only a single specimen (seen by me).  In
> Florida this appears to be a rare species (at least in collections).
>
> Harry
>
>
> At 07:25 PM 10/19/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >>I was looking at some of my shell books yesterday and I found that
> >>Recluzia lutea feeds upon the Minyas Sea Amemone.  For some reason if
> >>the populations of the Minya Sea Amemone decline then obviously the
> >>Recluzia poulation will decline along with it.  So far no one has
> >>directly reponded to my inquiry about this shell.  I guess no one on
> >>Conch-L has ever heard about anyone collecting one of these shells.
> >>
> >>Andrew Dickson
> >
> >I have one, 25 mm, real good condition obtained from Ross Mayhew in
1995;
> >presumably "90-mile Beach, New Zealand 35 m sand".
> >It looks like the picture in Powell, who says the correct name is
> >rollandiana Petit, 1853 because Janthina lutea Bennett, 1840 is
> indeterminate.
> >
> >(And I had it under Naticidae. Thanks for waking me up)
> >
> >
> >John Wolff
> >2640 Breezewood Dr.
> >Lancaster, PA 17601, U.S.A.
> >
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