Thanks Steve,

That's where much-needed data cleaning comes into play, or not. Most likely pesky noise inherent to a collection that includes 129,500 lots, of which 102 are Strombus pugilis and 276 are Strombus alatus (notice East vs West bias...). I really appreciate this type of feedback on the collection, please send comments directly to me at [log in to unmask].  

Cheers,

José

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On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 1:11 PM steve rosenthal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Jose et al

This is interesting as I note that your readout shows at least 4
records from the Gulf Coast of Florida (St Petersburg, Goodland,
Sanibel)...some going back some 60-70 years)...I recently saw a pair
of Strombus pugilis from another similarly old collection date (1948)
for sale online with a stated locality of "Marco Island" and I
wondered if that data could be legitimate....have there indeed been
well-documnted finds of pugilis in that area?

Steve

On 5/14/20, José H. Leal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Carole,
>
> Our (National Shell Museum) online catalog is in its "beta-testing" phase
> (web portal completed last week), and we have a few specimens of each from
> your area. Look for them at http://webportal.specifycloud.org/shellmuseum/.
>
> Have fun,
>
> José
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> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 12:38 PM Carole Marshall <
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>> May need some information on the West Indian Fighting conch in the Lake
>> Worth Lagoon. This morning I listened to a webinar by the Environmental
>> Research Management. One of the presentations has to do with the dredging
>> of a known habitat of the West Indian Fighting Conch, *Strombus pugilis*.
>> This may be one of the only places where both *S. pugilis* and *S.
>> alatus*
>> live together, but in order to try to counteract this dredging, I need
>> cold
>> hard facts. I also may need you to write letters, but that will be later.
>> Hopefully, this latest upset will be resolved in our favor. Although, we
>> did keep mollusks out of the no take rule.
>> At the same webinar, I learned of plans to put in mangrove islands in an
>> area where the only east coast population of *Neverita delessertiana*
>> lives. I spoke to one of the ERM people just a few months ago about that
>> area, so he is aware of the fragility of the population.
>> If anyone has any input, please let me know. I swear, I am getting too
>> old
>> and too tired for this stuff.
>> Carole Marshall
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