looks to me like at least one defintely sinistral (near top right) of the first image. John On 12/26/23 7:36 PM, Erick Staal wrote: > > Hello Allen, > > I personally collected Columbella rustica at several places in the > Mediterranean (it's locally very common over here) and I can assure > you that all the thousands of the specimens I collected (or have > scanned in the strandline) were 100% right-handed. > > I suspect another mirror-image photo is the cause of the depiction in > the article. > > mvg, Erick Staal > > > > > On 12/26/23 23:23, Allen Aigen wrote: >> Baby Buried With Care 10,000 Years Ago Found in Italian Cave | Smart >> News| Smithsonian Magazine >> <https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/10000-year-old-burial-of-baby-found-in-italian-cave-180979224/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=49217142&spUserID=MTA5MDI1MDgzNTAzMQS2&spJobID=2602403751&spReportId=MjYwMjQwMzc1MQS2> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Baby Buried With Care 10,000 Years Ago Found in Italian Cave >> >> Smithsonian Magazine >> >> The rare interment suggests that some hunter-gatherer societies >> imbued female infants with full personhood >> >> <https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/10000-year-old-burial-of-baby-found-in-italian-cave-180979224/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=49217142&spUserID=MTA5MDI1MDgzNTAzMQS2&spJobID=2602403751&spReportId=MjYwMjQwMzc1MQS2> >> >> Note that the /Columbella rustica /beads pictured are 50% sinistral. >> Is this common Mediterranean species often found with sinistral >> specimens, or was the collector choosing the odd shells because they >> are rare and therefore more valuable? >> >> Allen Aigen >> Staten Island, NY >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> [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/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?SUBED1=conch-l-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/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?SUBED1=conch-l-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/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?SUBED1=conch-l-L&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------