Hi.... I beg to differ with you Rick.... http://home.san.rr.com/marbio/aquafarm.html LaVerne >From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: maricultured colour? -- a note re: purple Nucella lamellosa >Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:37:12 -0500 > >LaVerne > >Carlsbad Aquafarms raises Oysters and Mussels, I believe the Abalone are >raised north of Morro Bay > >Rick > >Original Message: >----------------- >From: LaVerne Lambert [log in to unmask] >Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:01:21 -0500 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: maricultured colour? -- a note re: purple Nucella lamellosa > > >Hi... > Was it Carlsbad Aquafarms?? :-) > LaVerne > > > >From: Alex Sassi <[log in to unmask]> > >Reply-To: Conchologists List <[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Re: maricultured colour? -- a note re: purple Nucella lamellosa > >Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:52:36 -0500 > > > >When I was a kid up in Puget Sound, I once found several specimens of > >Nucella lamellosa that were bright purple - a color form not noted in my > >shell books (typical color forms are white, brown, ochre and orange; >either > >solid or banded). My mother and I called to the University of Washington > >and were told that this color form was known and was caused by the source > >of food the molluscs were eating. > > > >Unfortunately the bright purple color faded to a dull lavender gray; I >wish > >I had had a digital camera to capture how vivid they were. They made a >big > >impression on me. > > > >I remember reading on the website of an abalone mariculture farm that >they > >were raising "hybrids of green and red abalone," which may indeed have > >interesting color forms. Unfortunately I can't remember the name of this > >farm. > > > >Alex > >Berkeley, CA > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >[log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs > >To leave this list, click on the following web link: > >http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 > >Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and > >click leave the list. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >[log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs >To leave this list, click on the following web link: >http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 >Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and >click leave the list. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >mail2web - Check your email from the web at >http://mail2web.com/ . > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >[log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs >To leave this list, click on the following web link: >http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 >Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and >click leave the list. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------