Dear all, Today I did my first study on live mollusks. I went down to the Santa Rosa sound and brought up some Nassarius vibex. I went home and put them in a dish of seawater. What I saw was just amazing. Coming from the shell I saw a very long siphon. Next came 2 tiny tentacles with pinpoint eyes in the middle. On the back of the foot I saw the operculum and two small cirri. When I fed them I saw a VERY long proboscis which seized and consumed the food. I was just stunned by their complexity! I also got some nice cowries from Mike Hart today. I got 2 cypraea diliculum virginalis, 2 cypraea asellus, 1 cypraea bistrinotata, and 1 cypraea moneta rostrate. I hope you like my story! Kind Regards James ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]