I usually have really 'dorky' ideas about shell curation but here are two more
suggestions for tall skinny shells that roll around:
- put in cardboard separators into a box so that each shell lays in a small
section (like a cutlery drawer)!
- fill the bottom of the tray with some sand - that might look nice too and as
long as it is silica sand no harm should befall the shell.
(for our international friends 'dorky' means something like 'silly' ).

Nora
Calgary, Alberta

Ashish Gupta wrote:

> David,
>
> What about a small ittt bitty piece of Blu Tack on the underside of the
> shell?
>
> Ashish
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Egerton <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thursday, January 06, 2000 10:54 AM
> Subject: Re: Terebra high rollers
>
> >David:
> >
> >What I do in my small plastic boxes: cut a little furrow in the
> >center of a piece of foam for the shell to rest in.
> >Or: place a small piece of something under the felt on each side
> >of the shell so it can't roll.
> >Peter, Also A Tall One
> >
> >
> >>David:
> >>
> >>How about a small piece of double faced tape on the side of the shell
> >>facing down
> >>on the felt.
> >>
> >>Betty Jean, The Tall One
> >>
> >>
> >>At 10:19 PM 1/5/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >>>Anyone have suggestions on preventing Terebras from rolling around in my
> >>>dental cabinets, using absolutely minimal space and materials? I prefer
> to
> >>>be able to see my shells when I open the drawers and a layer of felt is
> >>>adequate to stabilize most of my shells and respective labels. But not
> >>>Terebras.
> >>>
> >>>David Kirsh
> >>>Durham, NC
> >>
> >>
> >-------------------------------------------------------
> >Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
> >Collector of worldwide Mollusca,
> >student of zoology and computers for life.
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> >