Dear Mr. Bankston,

I am Jiongtao, a cypraea collector, not an expert.
I visited your site, it is quite good and the spacimen
is quite interesting. But I still think that it is lynx.
I have some small specimens from Philippines and Japan,
some young shells have same patterns which are similar
to your one.

I also have a cowrie page which include some reports
on Japanese rare cowries. If you have some interesting,
Please visit,

http://www.soft.ics.keio.ac.jp/~huang/cgi-bin/seashells.cgi

Thank you,

Best wishes and good shelling.

-
Jiongtao

http://www.soft.ics.keio.ac.jp/~huang/


>-----Messaggio Originale-----
>Da: Cecil Bankston <[log in to unmask]>>A: <[log in to unmask]>
>Data invio: gioved $B!& (B27 aprile 2000 4.58
>Oggetto: Identity of a Cypraea
>
>
> > I collected a Cypraea at Ifaty, Madagascar.  I think it's lynx, but its
> > color and pattern are not like any other lynx I have seen.  I would
> > appreciate any opinions from the cowry experts on the list.  Please view
> > the shell at my fledgling web page:
> > http://members.home.net/cbankston/index.htm
> > Click the Shell Images link.  You can leave comments in the guestbook or
> > e-mail me, using the mailto link.
> > --
> > Cecil N. Bankston
> > Baton Rouge, LA USA

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