Dear Cecil,
congratulations. I'm happy to see new Cypraea pics on the web. Hope to see
more on your site. Nice scans. About you Lyncina lynx I think it's a
juvenile specimen: note lines on ventral side and untinted teeth. Please
have a look to NEWS section on my site to compare color and pattern.
Cypraea Net http://www.cypraea.net
Regards
Pasquale Fazzini
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Da: Cecil Bankston <[log in to unmask]>
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Data invio: giovedì 27 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.
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> Cecil N. Bankston
> Baton Rouge, LA USA