Dear Mr. James,

I think your specimen is Pustularia Chiaponnii Lorenz 1999.
Please check the original description of it from Dr.Lorenz's
site http://www.cowries.net/

Best wishes,


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

>From: James M Cheshire <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: cowrie
>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:40:21 -0400
>
>Dear all,
>Ross Mayhew has just placed an image of a cowrie of mine
>on Conch-l images. It belongs to the subgenus Pustularia (Chick-Pea
>Cowries).
>I received it under the name of "Cypraea bistrinotata mediocris", but
>comparing the
>specimen to photographs of true C. b. mediocris, It does not look like
>it. However,
>I cannot figure out what it is. I would be grateful if some of you cowrie
>experts out
>there could take a look at it for me. You can see it here:
>
>http://www.geocities.com/conchlimages/James.html
>
>Thanks,
>James
>
>Note: Though it is somewhat hard to see it in the image, the shell has
>moderately-developed
>pustules on both sides of the dorsum.

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