Please do not send anymore cypraea leucodon as they are too large to fit in
my cabinets, unless you can grind the dorsum down an inch or so they will
fit , would you please take the time to do this for me, thanks , MFKAF
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From: Helmut Nisters <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 7:47 AM
Subject: AW: Suggestions Needed
 
 
Dear Don Barclay
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> Hello Conch-L'ers,
>
> While snorkeling around Pago Pago Harbor recently, I collected
> 1,000 cypraea leucodon (Broderip, 1828).  I had originally planned
> to take them to the Paris Shell Show and sell them for about 10
> to 100 dollars each, but a friend of mine suggested that these
> shells would make an excellent study group of the species, at
> least for this particular locality.  I will probably keep one, but I was
> wondering if any of you could recommend a museum, preferably
> one in Europe, which might be interested in having the other 999?
>
> Thanks for your assistance,
>
>
>
> Don
>