Dear Mike,
 
the problem with this shell is that it is not a real Cypraea, but not a
real Ovulid either. The authors thought it would be best to create a new
family for it; but I don't know why it's in Cypraeidae.
 
David
Belgium
 
On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Michael Hoelling wrote:
 
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> >Can anyone give me an update of the case of that Chimaeria incomparabili=
> s
> stolen from the American Museum of Natural History in NY, one year ago?
> <
>
> Talking about this species, I didn=B4t see the original paper, but upon
> seeing pictures of the shell I wonder why it should be classed in the
> family Cypraeidae (as in Guido Poppe=B4s Website) and not with the Ovulid=
> ae.
> Does anybody know more about it?
>
> ciao
> Mike
>