F++, COLLECTED BY OUR GREAT FRIEND BERNARDO LINHARES IN OCTOBER 1984 - WE MET BERNARDO AT THE CONVENTION OF SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MALACOLOGIA IN 1983, AND AFTER A FEW MONTHS WE STARTED SELLING SHELLS FROM HIM ON CONSIGNMENT - WHICH STARTED OUR BUSINESS! THIS SPECIMEN WAS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MEL SPRINGER, WHO TRADED WITH RICHARD KELLY W/O (we are sending this text printed along with Rich Kelly´s card)