Dear Barbara,

This may be more than you want to know.  Philippe Dautzenberg published a
supplement to an earlier paper in the Journal de Conchyliologie (Journ. de
Conchyl.., 76, pp. 47-53) during 1932.  In this paper he described shells
collected in Madagascar by a man named Decary.  One of the shells
Dautzenberg named, Cribraria chinensis variolaria var. convergens, is
probably the name you are researching.  It is a synonym of Cypraea (Erronea)
chinensis variolaria (Lamarck, 1810).  My reference for this information is
"Ph. Dautzenberg's Collection of Cypraeidae" by Schilder and Schilder
published by the Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique in
1952.

Hope this is the info you want.

Warm regards,

Bill Fenzan
Norfolk, VA


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From: Barbara Jouvernaux <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 12:49 AM
Subject: Re: valid name


> Hello, me again.
> Expect to hear my pleas for help frequently as I am sorting through an old
> collection I've bought, and it is in a real shambles, with labels missing
> and mismatched all over the place! I may be tearing my hair out by the
> handful, but at least I am learning a lot as I go.
> This time I have a label marked: Cypraea convergens from Maldive Is.
> I suspect this is another old, invalid name, as I am coming across that
> often. Can someone please help with a valid name and reference.
> Thanks a million!
> Best shelly regards,
> Barbara Jouvernaux
> RD4 Cambridge
> New Zealand
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