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Re: Boring
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David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 8 Jun 2003 21:54:26 +0000
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Ellen,

Chances are those are Lithophaga, which you can find in Florida and the
Caribbean.

David Kirsh

> From: Ellen Bulger <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 06:53:54 -0700
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> Subject: Re: Boring
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> What is making the holes, nay, tunnels in the shells of panamic cones I
> found in San Carlos? There appears to be something still in the holes,
> something that looks like a small bivalve or gooseneck barnacle. Are
> these shipworms? I haven't seen anything like this in shells from the
> Bahamas or Hawaii.

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