Genus Distorsio Röding 1798
Writhing Shell
Field Note (Lamarck):
Today was good
for nothing, sun all
day, all of us
drunk again.
Found it back
a ways, seven
whorls, in grass, don't
know what the hell
to call it.
McGinty's Writhing Shell
Field Note (Emerson & Puffer):
Distinct. Collected 7:36
this a.m. shallow
littoral. 1 example. 1
1/4" White to yellow-
white. 6 whorls Terminal has pronounced
bulge. Puffer notes
comparison to Lamarck, pronounced
teeth on outer lip. Aperture:
small. canal short. Puffer very
animated. Held it. cried
Eureka! Called to me
Kissed it
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