Dear Mr. Dayle,
what do you mean under a term "half-breed"?  Are they hybrids?
Ed Heiman
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From: "Bob Dayle" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 9:35 PM
Subject: Hawaiian 'cross-breed' cowries...


> For any interested in Hawaiian cowries:
>
> After a recent 'tour' of cowry-related Internet sites,
> I became aware that there was little real information
> about the schilderorum/sulcidentata half-breed cowries.
>
> They've been around for decades, at least. The shell dealers
> were glad to sell any that they got their hands on for US$50.
> However, cowry 'experts' avoided them like the plague!
> For the sake of clarity, I've created a web page which shows
> plenty of shells' apertures so that the curious person
> can see what these 'in-between' shells look like. It is at
> http://www.cowrys.org/research/xbreeds.htm
>
> Aloha,
>
> Bob Dayle (a.k.a makuabob)
> http://www.cowrys.org
>
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