one interesting dead Liguus i picked up in the Florida Redlands makes me wonder about the robustness of the named forms....this guy started out as castaneozonatus, and then has a break/mend on the body whorl about half an inch from the growing edge of the lip, and from the mend to the lip, the shell has no more black bands, just thin pencil lines of color, not unlike other named forms, but nothing like castaneozonatus. is that unusual? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------