Date:         Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:15:07 -0700
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From:         "Thomas E. Eichhorst" <thomas@RT66.COM>
Subject:      Re: Buccinidae
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   Avril,

  I thought Tetrodotoxins were those associated with puffer fish, genus
Tetrodon.  This is the first I have heard of a poisonous, rather than
venomous mollusk (discounting red tide ingestors).  Are you saying some
Buccinidae are actually poisonous?  And to think I always liked that
family.....

  Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA
  thomas@Rt66.com


  Hello Conchlers,

  Who amongst our numbers might be willing to answer a few questions in
regards to the Buccinidae family.  I'm getting into edible versus inedible
species and trying to figure out a bit about such nasties as Tetrodotoxins.

  Avril Bourquin
  P.O. Box 366
  Invermere, BC
  Canada
  V0A 1K0
  email:  avril@rockies.net
  URL:  http://www.manandmollusc.net

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