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ANSP 399806Naticidae
Naticidae  Euspira heros Say 1822  
   
Dry Catalog # 399806 
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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 20  Jan  1996         
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Remarks

ANSP 399806

remarks Original data states "Picked up only because of large size, not typical. See other lots for more typical populations. 3 weeks after blizzard of '96. Among millions of clams washed up in early January, deposited mile after mile from at least Ventnor to Avalon. Piled in ridges & waves from 6" to 3' deep in Sea Isle. Up to 4' of sand washed out. Lunatia, Polinices duplicatus, Busycon canaliculatum, Busycon carica and battered Ensis directus were present - Polinices in large numbers. 

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ANSP 399806