Dear all,

As the author of Euprotomus aurora I have nothing to add to the comments
already made by Henk K. Mienis.
With all due respect, the dealer who sold specimens labled as E. aurora to
John Schrecke obviously did not know what he was talking about.
For stromb collectors: if you see any specimen which has locality data from
places in the Indian Ocean or Red Sea, that is, if these data are correct,
and which looks like and is labled Euprotomus aurisdianae, you bet you have
a genuine E. aurora which is by the way a very common species.
If you Timothy or John have any further questions, you can contact me
directly.

Kind regards,

Gijs
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Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 6:25 AM
Subject: Fw: Status of Strombus (Euprotomus) aurora?


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mienis" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 7:05 AM
> Subject: Re: Status of Strombus (Euprotomus) aurora?
>
>
> Dear Timothy,
>
> E. aurora Kronenberg, 2002 is also living in the Red Sea. If it is a
hybrid
> between E. auridianae and E. bulla then these species should occur in the
> Red Sea too. However, all previous records of either aurisdianae or bulla
> from that area (Yaron; Mienis; Heiman; etc.)turned out to have been based
on
> misidentifications of aurora!
> I refer to the original publication for further details:
> Kronenberg, G.C., 2002. Revision of Euprotomus Gill, 1970. 3. Description
of
> Euprotomus aurora spec. nov. from the Indian Ocean (Gastropoda,
Strombidae).
> Vita Malacologica, 1: 55-60.
> Best regards,
> Henk K. Mienis
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Timothy Blackwood" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Status of Strombus (Euprotomus) aurora?
> Hi everyone,
> Just recently I received a price list on which were listed specimens of
> Strombus (Euprotomus) aurora.  Unfortunately, there were no pictures.
While
> browsing through a
> number of web sites later I came across the following address that had
> several photos of this species:
>
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/loic.limpalaer/Taurus/Strombidae/page_euprotomus.htm
> Several examples of S. aurora were shown, alongside specimens of S.
> aurisdianae and S. bulla.  The appearance of the examples of S. aurora
> brought to mind what S. aurisdianae would look like if it had the color
> typical of S. bulla.  Another site
> (http://www.conchology.be) had specimens resembling S. aurora that were
> labeled as S. aurisdianae X bulla.  The morphology and distributions were
> the same.  Now for my question.  Is S. aurora a distinct and valid
species,
> or should it be considered a hybrid between aurisdianae and bulla?  Any
> assistance you can provide will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in
advance.
> Sincerely,
> Tim Blackwood