They were tan and light pink on Kwaj.
If you put Cypraea leviathan into Google search you will get a Hawaiian 
site.
They seemed to be more redish.

Might be the active volcano chemicals or the old material breaking down.

On Kwaj carneola reminded us of caramel and the colors it has.

Martin

On 8/3/2014 4:06 PM, steve rosenthal wrote:
> Chris, I think you have overreacted to the query part of my email. No,
>   I am not an expert, and I haven't been to Hawaii, I don't know the
> differences and was essentially asking how you tell them apart, not at
> all implying that they aren't different, or asking to be berated
> online.     In multiple sources online I still see dealers and
> websites using the name Cypraea  carneola leviathan and I don't know
> with certainty how to tell them apart.
>
> The old school mail order/online dealers such as yourself are very
> honest and careful in their efforts to characterize dwarfs correctly.
>
> That's all : )
>
> Steve
>
> On 8/3/14, Scuba Chris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Wow Steve,
>> I didn't know you were an expert in Hawaiian mollusks and Cypraeidae as
>> well. In Hawaii we have 2 species that are related as such, Cypraea
>> leviathan and Cypraea carneola f propinqua. The 2 species as far as i know
>> have never cross-bred and are easily distinguishable not by size but from
>> physical characteristics that set them apart from each other. Most
>> collectors can distinguish the 2 species easily, if you held it in your hand
>> it's even easier. But this format doesn't allow for image postings. Still a
>> simple email asking for an image would have been the professional way of
>> handling this. After all there are dwarf sizes & forms of Cypraea, it's not
>> like getting a small Strombus and breaking off the protoconch & siphonal tip
>> to produce a dwarf.
>>
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