Hello Ross,
 I think it is just a C chinensis, and it looks like a subadult to me !

The Persicula accolac / tesselata  question last week is for me also not
quite clear ! I always thought accola is an  East Panama species and
tesselata a West Panama species , but this needs to be  examined more
closely ,
in my own collection I have them both, but it is difficult to tell what is
accola and what is tesselata , sorry folks !

Kind regards, Jan Neefs




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From: "J. Ross Mayhew" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 6:56 AM
Subject: Mystery Cowrie.


> This one has me puzzled:
> http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/Hybrid%20cyp.d.JPG and
> http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/Hybrid%20cyp.v.JPG .
>
> 40mm.  Shallow water, northern Zanzibar.
>
> While it probably isn't a hybrid - i understand these beasties are
> pretty scarce -  i am at a loss as to which species to actually call the
> critter!
>
> From warm sunny New Scotland,
> ross m.
>
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