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Posted by Roger on January 22, 2008 at 20:37:14:

Kevin Lee found one recently, that got me looking at my photos of one, I did some searching and found a site set up by some researchers studying them.

turns out the species we see is Argonauta argo

http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/argosearch/species.html

If you've ever found a shell or seen one, you might send them some info:

http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/argosearch/helpus.html



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