> Hey, I'm a Morum and Oniscidea freak! Why don't collectors save the
> opercula from these shells? Most people don't even seem to be aware
> that they are operculate.
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
At least the operculum from Morum oniscus is almost nonexistent - it's very,
very tiny (vestigial) and light colored. I've tried to keep the operc for
every oniscus I've collected (quite a few) and succeed in finding only about
1/3 of them.

Peggy
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