| Since the initial discovery of a crabbed Melongena corona at Big Talbot Island State Park (Nassau Sound) in Duval County on May 24, 2006, at least six additional empty shells have been found including the 90 mm. specimen illustrated below that was collected on August 3, 2008. Additionally, a further two shells have been found in Nassau Sound several hundred yards north in Nassau County. The continuing finds of empty shells at Nassau Sound, as well as St. Augustine Inlet (Tolomato River) some 30 miles south, suggest that both locations have a small population of the species. However, thus far no living Melongena corona have been found north of southern St. Johns County - some 60 miles south of Nassau Sound. |
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Digital image by Jeff Ward |
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