I have not received a reply (yet) from the person asking about the sinistral
fossil cowry from Florida. I have forwarded her message on to the LIST in hopes
that someone may recognize who this is.

There are a few references to fossil Cypraea in the Archive HSN section of
cowrys.org. These can be browsed at http://cowrys.org/archive/NSN163CY.HTM#E or
http://cowrys.org/archive/NSN166CY.HTM#B or
http://cowrys.org/archive/NSN175CY.HTM#D .

Thanks again and Aloha,

Bob Dayle

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    Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:50:23 -0800 (PST)
    From: diana factor <[log in to unmask]>
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 Subject: sinistral cypraea info
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Sir
  I found a sinistral fossil cypraea in Florida last year. I realized that the
specimen was sinistral just several months later, when I was storing the shell
at my home in Italy. I surfed the web looking for information about sinistral
cypraeae, and your site seems to be the only place where this type of shell is
considerated.
  I understand you study modern shells. Do you have any information about fossil
sinistral cypraeae? Have you never heard about them?
  Thank you... and Happy New Year
  Diana