Yes, it is thin shelled with an open aperture, and I assume it is a
immature cypraeid  because I could find no match for it in any other
group with a bulloid shape.


On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 19:44:40 -0500 Paul Monfils <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> Is the shell extremely immature (bulla stage)?  Or does it already
> have a
> typical Cypraea aperture, but an immature pattern?  If the latter is
> true,
> then it must be near adult size, and the only Cypraea that small in
> the
> Mediterranean is Cypraea (Palmadusta) gracilis.  If it is bulla
> stage, then
> of course other possibilities open up.
>
>
> On 12/25/10 1:23 PM, "Allen Aigen" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I have a small (~1cm) immature cyp(?) with 4 rows of brown
> axially
> > elongated brown spots.  The tip of the protoconch just shows in
> the
> > apical depression.  It was found at Haifa, Israel.  Anyone
> familiar with
> > the patterns of immature cyps in the Mediterranean?
> > Thanks,
> > Allen Aigen
> > Staten Island, NY
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