David,

sure I'll take a look at some pictures if you have them.......*S*  I'm in
Charlotte, and I sell cowries......

Sincerely, Lyle Therriault


> [Original Message]
> From: David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 3/6/2005 1:40:26 PM
> Subject: Venezuelan cowries
>
> I've got a beached white cowrie from Margarita, Venezuela. I'm not
> aware of many options for what it could be. The teeth look most like
> Cypraea acicularis of the species I know. But there's no hint of the
> "pie-crust" indentations and the interior is brown. (Is the interior
> color variable?) C. mus is the wrong shape. I doubt it's C. cinerea.
>
> Anyone want to look at scans and speculate?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Kirsh
> Durham, NC
>
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