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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------