Dear David,

I have sent you a jpg showing three specimens of C. norai.  I do not have
the book by M. Lamy & Pointier you mention, but will look for it.  I do not
have specimens of C. norai in the average size range you report.  You might
see if you have juveniles.  There may also be local collectors who have more
specimens of C. norai.  Direct comparison of the shells with your specimens
may help.

Warm regards,

Bill Fenzan
Norfolk, VA

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From: David TOUITOU <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 10:48 AM
Subject: burryae again


> Dear all !!
> Thank you for your help in identifying my conus specie.
> Well, in fact i identified my conus as a burryae clench 1942 after having
seen exactly the same conus on a picture from the recent book from M. Lamy &
Pointier about Caribbean shells.
> I contacted a french collector who found it also.
>
> The pictures i have made are terrible ! I am going to try to make some
more.
>
> It is not a daucus. I am sure at 100 %. It is not the boui, 100 % sure.
But i do not know the norai.
> If you have a picture of this specie, can you send me one of a typical
specimen.
>
> I am going to describe the conus :
> All the specimens i found are beached & fresh dead.
> I found those shells very locally on the atlantic ocean coast in 1-2
meters deep.
> 2 of them are really very fresh dead ones. The average size is 15 to 20
mm. I found oine of 35 mm though.
> The color is a clear brown. On the apex (spire) they are white lines. On
the dorsum of some specimens i can see dark brown lines (difficult to see).
>
> I swear i am going to make some more pictures soon.
> I think this is very interesting.
> I discussed with local collectors, they never seen this specie before.
Only one have found only one live specimen (but he went back to France).
>
> Hope to year from you all soon
>
> David Touitou
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