Comments on: What The Shell Is That? #1 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/09/02/what-the-shell-is-that-1/ The Ocean Podcast / science edu + ocean info Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:09:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Cephalopodcast.com - The Ocean Podcast http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/09/02/what-the-shell-is-that-1/#comment-32562 Cephalopodcast.com - The Ocean Podcast Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:00:26 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/09/02/what-the-shell-is-that-1/#comment-32562 [...] have not gotten out to the beach as much as I had hoped when I first started What the Shell. But not to far from the horse conch, we found this little [...] [...] have not gotten out to the beach as much as I had hoped when I first started What the Shell. But not to far from the horse conch, we found this little [...]

]]> By: Jason http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/09/02/what-the-shell-is-that-1/#comment-27167 Jason Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:04:53 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/09/02/what-the-shell-is-that-1/#comment-27167 Thanks KZ. It is not just the shell that is orange. The foot is orange too. I am curious why that is. Iron? Or carotenes? Is it warning coloration? Horse conchs are not poisonous to my knowledge, but their meat has been characterized to have a <a href="http://www.manandmollusc.net/molluscan_food_files/molluscan_food_2.html" rel="nofollow">peppery taste</a>. I know that classification shifts all the time between the splitters and the clumpers. Just wondering what evidence precipitated the shift for <i>Pleuroploca</i>. <a href="http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0302a&L=conch-l&P=3072" rel="nofollow">Some clues are available here.</a> Also, it is a fad, but one that <a href="http://themodulator.org/archives/001422.html" rel="nofollow"><i>arks</i> back a long way</a> (in Internet years). Still, it is a good technique for motivating regular writing and one that I hope is enjoyable for all. Thanks KZ. It is not just the shell that is orange. The foot is orange too. I am curious why that is. Iron? Or carotenes? Is it warning coloration? Horse conchs are not poisonous to my knowledge, but their meat has been characterized to have a peppery taste.

I know that classification shifts all the time between the splitters and the clumpers. Just wondering what evidence precipitated the shift for Pleuroploca. Some clues are available here.

Also, it is a fad, but one that arks back a long way (in Internet years). Still, it is a good technique for motivating regular writing and one that I hope is enjoyable for all.

]]> By: Kevin Z http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/09/02/what-the-shell-is-that-1/#comment-27155 Kevin Z Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:27:55 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/09/02/what-the-shell-is-that-1/#comment-27155 It must be a fad, I have the Tuesday Toon and a weekly Spineless Song (typically posted on fridays). The orange could be a specific mineral, probably iron, found in its environment (if you are referring to the shell that is). The change of genus can happen alot in the taxonomy world. With new information and understanding of what defines a particular group of organisms, names change to reflect the current hypotheses of relatedness. It must be a fad, I have the Tuesday Toon and a weekly Spineless Song (typically posted on fridays).

The orange could be a specific mineral, probably iron, found in its environment (if you are referring to the shell that is). The change of genus can happen alot in the taxonomy world. With new information and understanding of what defines a particular group of organisms, names change to reflect the current hypotheses of relatedness.

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