Hi Winston,
Did you try:
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I don't know when you tried Carole Hertz's e-mail, but this is the correct
adress.
My earlier reply to Tim (and others) was sent before I read your reply. Mine
seems superfluous now! Good!
Do you know I was once offered Laevistrombus canarium from Brazil?
[with apologies for the odd "... (and possibly) ..." which should be deleted
from my previous message, and also the weird hyphens that appeard in the
word "Prosobranchia" twice]
Take care,
Gijs
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From: "Barney, Winston" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: Assorted Strombidae questions. : )
> Dear Tim,
>
> I'm no expert, but I will tell you what I think anyway.
>
> S. floridus var. depauperata: I don't have the original description, but
> Abbott (1960) states that it is described as white or yellow with five
> transverse (axial) bands of small , very bright spots of reddish brown or
> russet. The shell was described from the Tuamostus, not Easter Island as
> most dealers would label them. Although I have purchased the form
> depauperatus several times, I have never received a shell form that
location
> or of that description. Of those so named in my collection, even when the
> pattern (the basis for the form) contains axially alligned spots, the
> overall pattern still remains spiral. I would expect an axial pattern to
> appear more like the form S.mutabilis zebriolatus.
>
> S. hirasei in my book is the hybrid form of vomer X bulla. It was
originally
> described by Kuroda as a species in "Venus, Vol. 12", but was reviewed by
> Kronenberg in 1999 in "The Festivus, Vol 31(6)" and deemed a hybrid , thus
> not warranting a "valid" label. I do not have either of the works cited
> above, but would certainly welcome copies from any source.(I have tried
> without response to contact The Festivus by email).
>
> Strombus thersites in the Philippines ? It's not reported in Springsteen &
> Leobrera or in Abbott's genus Strombus IPM.
> That doesn't mean it's not there, but I have not seen any reports of that
> locality. You never know what you'll see on the net though. You might even
> see a picture of Eustrombus gigas in an ad for a Hawaii vacation :)
>
> Winston Barney
> Fort Worth, TX
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