Harry, I reread your material and I think you may want to look at it
again. quote: "This species, quite distinct from Cymatium pileare
(Linnaeus) by its reddish aperture and not marked with alternating black
and white blotches..." Which is to say, C. pileare has a red aperture
and lacks the black blotches between the white parietal teeth seen in
the orange-mouthed C. martinianum. etc. Don't you mean pileare does
have the black blotches and martinianum does not? Please straighten me
out.
Bob
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