Dear James,

For a very interesting article on postularia, go to Felix Lorenz webpage
<www.cowries.net/cypraea.html>, click on "report on Postularia", and go to
"8.colour plates". Very very interesting.
Good luck and enjoy it.
Regards,
Roger in Manila.


At 09:40 PM 4/19/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear all,
>Ross Mayhew has just placed an image of a cowrie of mine
>on Conch-l images. It belongs to the subgenus Pustularia (Chick-Pea
>Cowries).
>I received it under the name of "Cypraea bistrinotata mediocris", but
>comparing the
>specimen to photographs of true C. b. mediocris, It does not look like
>it. However,
>I cannot figure out what it is. I would be grateful if some of you cowrie
>experts out
>there could take a look at it for me. You can see it here:
>
>http://www.geocities.com/conchlimages/James.html
>
>Thanks,
>James
>
>Note: Though it is somewhat hard to see it in the image, the shell has
>moderately-developed
>pustules on both sides of the dorsum.
>