I've had new attachments fall off, for sure. I remember snorkeling in
Tarpum Bay (ah, the warm, clear water) and picking an X.c. off the
bottom, and the newest attachment fell off as I picked it up. I had
interrupted the snail in the middle of the process. But when they are
just barely attached, they do tend to fall off unless they are handled
very gingerly, bleach or no bleach.

I think those bleach pens would come in most handy when cleaning
Spondylus and such. They get so encrusted, yet you want to leave the
hinge intact!

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