Bill,
Have you read correctly the article??? Here's a piece of the article :
"The true dani is a very humped, rather impressive shell that cannot be confused with these, but the features seem to be gradual and not supporting dani as a good species."
And to conclude Felix writes :
"My gut-feeling is that the few specimens of the "true" dani represent attractive and certainly valuable extremes of the range of variation of dayritiana, which itself is obviously far more variable and widespread than formerly thought. Whether these extremes are the result of commercial selection or ecological conditions will certainly be clarified as we proceed..."
It's totally the contrary : dani is not felt to be a full species, regarding the variations that occurs within dayritiana species.
BR,
Fabien
--- En date de : Dim 3.8.08, Bill Fenzan <[log in to unmask]> a écrit :
> De: Bill Fenzan <[log in to unmask]>
> Objet: Re: [CONCH-L] Connection between Cypraea dayritiana and C.dani
> À: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Dimanche 3 Août 2008, 18h21
> Doug,
>
> Here is a link to a preliminary opinion on this question
> posted by Felix
> Lorenz on his website:
>
> http://www.cowries.info/shell/daydan/index.html
>
> I looks like he is concluding that 'Cypraea' dani
> is a species, but there
> are also inflated specimens of 'C.' dayritiana
> being offered by dealers that
> confuse the issue.
>
> The original description (La Conchiglia, Vol. 34, no. 303,
> April-June 2002,
> pp. 15-17) includes a comparison of the two taxa, so you
> might want to read
> this article for insight.
>
> Bill Fenzan
> Norfolk, VA, USA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Stemke" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 9:42 AM
> Subject: [CONCH-L] Connection between Cypraea dayritiana
> and C.dani
>
>
> > Hi All.
> >
> > Clearly a population of Cypraea called 'Cypraea
> dani' has been found
> > judging from the recent offerings. Obviously this
> 'species' was recently
> > found in numbers as I have seen price ranges from well
> over $120 to $10!
> > Is
> > this a valid species? It looks very much like an
> inflated C. dayritiana
> > with many specimens darker than typical C. dayritiana.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Doug
> >
> >
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