Hi Jim,

The record as entered in Hutsell and Pisor's  Registry of World Records is
300.8mm. collected off Haiti in 1976.  They don't grow 'em like they used
to.

Adios,

Paul Kanner




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From: "Jim Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 2:13 PM
Subject: Cassis tuberosa


> Hi from rainy (finally!) Tallahassee,
>
> Hope everyone had a great time at the COA Convention! Meanwhile, does
> anyone have a world record size for Cassis tuberosa? The biggest I
> have found was just under 8 3/4 inches, which seems pretty darn big!
> I know my huge C. madagascariensis is far from the WR size, which I
> think is around 16 inches. Even back in the 1960s, we never saw them
> that big out on Pickles Reef.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Jim
>
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