Are Margarite (Marguerite? I never know how to spell this one) the snails with the black shells? If so I know there is a snail off the west coast in our own waters that is almost a perfect replica (as far the shell is concerned). I have no idea what they are, except that they're cold water and intertidal. The beaches near Ucluelet are literally just huge piles of these shells instead of pebbles or sand.
But for that matter I'm not so sure that margarite snails aren't intertidal, or that we aren't sold intertidal snails now and again as margarites. I know I once bought a batch of margarites that kept crawling out of the tank. I'd find them as far away from the tank as on the other side of the room. If they were lucky enough that I found them in time I'd plop them back into the tank but I suppose it's not surprising that eventually, one by one they didn't get so lucky. Anyhow I'm now not sure why I bring this up other than to share my "stupid snails" story .... stupid snails.
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My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
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