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Too far North?, Queen Helmet found| Tom H |
Posted: Jan 26 2012, 08:54 PM
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I ran into a diver who found a Queen Helmet (Cassis madagascariensis) while diving on a 100' deep wreck in the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida Panhandle (Pensacola area, I think). Neither of us thought that species ranged that far North? Has anyone else heard of this?
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| Marlo |
Posted: Jan 27 2012, 05:02 AM
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 LTS Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 1,985 Member No.: 2 Joined: 12-November 05 |
Hi Tom,
Take a look at the checklist form. Both the Florida Panhandle and Alabama lists include this shell. It is a common deep water shell off Florida's NE coast and see no reason why that wouldn't also be the case in the Gulf. |
   
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