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ANSP 399801Melongenidae
Melongenidae  Busycon carica Gmelin 1791  
   
Dry Catalog # 399801 
Count   21   
Catalog date 26  Mar  1997 
donor Sessoms, J. B. 
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provenance Sessoms, J. B. 
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unnamed locality between 1st and 38th streets 
specific locality Sea Isle City 
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primary division New Jersey 
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Coordinates 39°09'12''N, 074°41'36''W 
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collector Sessoms, J. B. 
date collected 28  Jan  1996         
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Remarks

ANSP 399801

remarks Original data states "3 weeks after blizzard of '96. In areas where there were none the two weeks before. All live & healthy (but soon to be bulldozed because of the smell of the clams,) apparently coming in with high tide to feed on the weak or dead clams & becoming stranded at low tide. Clams had been washed up by the millions in early January, deposited mile after mile from at least Ventnor to Avalon. Piles in ridges & waves from 6" to 3' deep in Sea Isle. Up to 4' of sand washed out. 

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ANSP 399801