[log in to unmask]">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:
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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 AigenStaten Island, NY