As far as I know, the main differencies between the two are:
1) rarilineata has a concave basis, while divaricata a convex one.
2) the colored spots in rarilineata are magenta, while they are red
brownish in divaricata.
Enzo Campani
At 20.21 14/03/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear all:
>
>Can anyone give me a good clue to separate this two species? I have read
>many descriptions but I have specimens that can be included in some
>descriptions of Gibbula divaricata and in Gibbula rarilineata also. Is
>there any hybrid of these species?
>
>Thatīs all at the moment.
>
>Thanks in advanced
>
>Victoriano Meneses Sores
>
>Url: http:www.eureka.ya.com/aaaron25(Update recently)
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