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----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Stemke" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 4:52 PM
Subject: Larger than average shells in North Carolina


> Hello.  I'm a life long collector (36 years!) but a first timer on this
> site.
>
> I have collected extensively numerous species of shells in Florida and
> Texas.  I recently had an opportunity to shell in North Carolina (all
> beach collecting).  I was stunned by the fact that almost every species of
> gastropod that I came across was much larger than what I typically found
> in Florida/Texas.  Off the top of my head these included Oliva sayana (vs
> Florida/Texas), Cancellaria reticulata (vs Florida only), Sinum
> perspectivum (vs Florida/Texas),Phalium granulatum (vs Florida/Texas),
> Polinices duplicatus (vs Florida/Texas), and Crepidula fornicata (vs
> Florida/Texas although I have found some in Delware that were almost as
> large).
>
> I realize that this could simply be an issue of physics (a lot of water
> moves through those passes in North Carolina) and one opportunity to
> collect in North Carolina HARDLY is a scientific study however I was
> surprised that it seemed to go across so many unrelated species.  The
> location in NC was very close to the northern range of many of these
> species (save the Crepidula and Polinices).  Has anyone seen any studies
> or seen the same thing themselves?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Doug Stemke
>
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