Dear All,

I don't know if anybody got perfect data. It is a rare species, I had
only one in the past and I viewed only 3 pieces closely. Two in the
Baer collection (I got one of these, before he sold his collection)
and one in the hands of Danila, a little before that. Prices were
quite high at that time, now about 15-20 years ago.

All are said to be dredged on the Saya de Malha bank. This is a very
vague indication, but the Russians at that time told me the shells
came from between 80 and 200 m deep. A classic depth for related
species to C. primus.

The Saya de Malha is in the Indian Ocean, open sea. It is an eldorado
for undiscovered species. The Russians dredged there a little and
came up with quantities of spectacular shells. A set described by
Okutani was said to come from Surinamia, in fact they are from Saya
de Malha - he reversed longitude and latitude.

Best regards, Guido


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On 06 18, 08, at 11:17 PM, Lyle Therriault wrote:

> I figure the best data resource for that would be the Manual of
> living Conidae? Cheers, Lyle
>
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>> From: Ross Mayhew <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Jun 18, 2008 12:31 AM
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>> Subject: [CONCH-L] Best data set for Conus primus?
>>
>> Does anyone know the details of the best set of data for Conus
>> primus?
>> Depth, habitat, exact lat. and long. .......
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ross Mayhew.
>> http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/
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