Don't I wish they were only color issues.  I might have a few.

Seems gray and yellow or gray and white but purple ?  Is that
the light shinning through from under making it purple ?

I'll have to hunt up mine and see how they look now.  Wow.
What a price.
Martin

On 9/8/2011 3:50 PM, Carlo Maccà wrote:
> $ 780 only?
>
> Carlo
>
> SPECIAL AUCTION (ACTUAL REAL PARATYPE FROM DESCRIPTION OF MAY 2011)
>
> Name: Cypraea "Nucleolaria" hinuhinu Moretzsohn, 2011.
>
> Location: Mokuleia, N.Shore, Oahu, Hawaii.
>
> Grade: GEM.
>
> Size: 29.24 x 18.01 x 13.43mm. (By Digital Caliper).
>
> Notes: SELF-COLLECTED LIVE GEM FROM INSIDE A DEEP-WATER LAVA TUBE AND
> JUST
> NAMED NEW HAWAIIAN ENDEMIC AS OF MAY 2011. I RECOGNIZED THIS SPECIES AS
> BEING DISTINCTIVELY DIFFERENT FROM NUCLEUS AND GRANULATA AND PROVIDED A
> HANDFUL OF TYPES TO DR MORETZSOHN TO BE DESCRIBED. IN HAWAII THE NAME
> HINUHINU MEANS "GLOSSY-SHINY" SINCE IT HAD CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH
> NUCLEUS
> AND GRANULATA BUT STOOD OUT ALONE. IN 40YRS I ONLY FOUND A FEW AND WAS
> ABLE
> TO GET A FEW MORE FROM MY DIVE PARTNERS TO FORM A RELIABLE BASE TO
> HAVE THIS
> SPECIES PROPERLY NAMED. THIS IS A LIVE COLLECTED GEM AND THE LARGEST
> SO IT
> WOULD BE PRUDENT TO SAY NOT ONLY A REGISTERED PARATYPE BUT A POSSIBLY A
> WORLD RECORD SIZE AS WELL.  ONLY A HANDFUL OF THIS SPECIES EXIST WHICH
> MEANS
> ONLY A COUPLE WILL FIND THEIR WAY INTO A SELECT FEW WHO ARE SERIOUS
> ENOUGH
> TO OWN SUCH A RARITY.
>
> "HOW MANY COLLECTORS CAN SAY THEY OWN A MUSEUM GRADE PARATYPE"? I RESERVE
> THE RIGHT TO END THIS AUCTION AT ANY TIME.
>
> All items come with full data! Shipping & Handling by USPS PRIORITY to
> USA
> w/confirmation or will be sent First Class & registered to non-USA
> addresses
> for free. Paypal payment to be made within 48hrs of receipt of
> invoice. GOOD
> LUCK!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "steve rosenthal" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 8:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Cypraea granulata - hinuhinu
>
>
>> As best as I can tell, without the morphological or anatomical details
>> from Severn's book, the difference appears to be about $780.
>>
>> On 9/8/11, Moshe Erlendur Okon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Shalom to all,
>>> I came across a new Cowrie from Hawaii, well, new to me at least,
>>> Nucleolaria hinuhinu (synonym ‘hapa’). Apparently the publication is:
>>> Moretzsohn F. (2011) Study of the Hawaiian Nucleolaria (Gastropoda:
>>> Cypraeidae), with a description of two new species. In: Severns M.,
>>> Shells
>>> of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells: 515-520. Conchbooks,
>>> Hackenheim.
>>> I was wondering whether someone could explain how this taxon differs
>>> from
>>> granulata.
>>> Sincerely, Moshe Erlendur
>>>
>>
>

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