>Dear Tom,
>
>The Mediterranean species of Strombus is not probably not S. decorus, but
>S. persicus. (S. persicus is no longer considered a subspecies of S.
>decorus).
>
>Gijs
>
>
Or Strombus decorus raybaudii. I believe this was described as the
Lessepsian subspecies of decorus. I have a specimen from Turkey.
G. Thomas Watters
Ohio Biological Survey &
Aquatic Ecology Laboratory
Ohio State University
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