Thanks, David, I'll be happy to wait. If this shell is from Panama, I'm sure my shells are not this subspecies, since they are all from San Carlos and Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. But I'd really love to see the comparison.


---- David Lum <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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Dale,

     If you can wait a week, I can send you some comparison photos with with aequinoctialis and regular annettae side by side.  Once your eye "tunes" to them, they're pretty easy to sort out.  There is also an intermediate form that I've found is much rarer than either one of the formally described ones.

Aloha,
Dave



---- Dale Snyder <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks. I see Google is full of pictures of this shell. I've just never heard of it before, or seen it in any of my books. Looks like I'll have to find pictures of plain old C. annettae just to compare my shells against both.  Thanks for bringing this up.
>
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> ---- Martin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Try Google :
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> https://www.google.com/search?q=Cypraea+aequinoctialis&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Ggv&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=34IQUbexDoi1rQGNkYHQCw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAA&biw=1039&bih=861
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> Nasty long string - but that is a search page and you can toggle between
> the web and images - click on either...
>
> Martin
>
> On 2/4/2013 9:21 PM, Dale Snyder wrote:
> > David, could you e-mail me several photos of this shell showing it from all angles? I'm an amateur collector, but I have a large number of C. annettae in my collection. I've never before seen reference or a picture of C. aequinoctialis, and am wondering if any of my shells could be this.
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> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dale Snyder
> >
> >
> >
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> > ---- David Lum <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Gary,
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> >       Cypraea (Pseudozonaria) aequinoctialis (some consider it a subspecies of annettae) is a valid taxon.  51.5mm would be a very large specimen indeed, but many specimens labeled as aequinoctialis are just very large annettae that have been misidentified.  Do you have a photo of the shell that you can share?  Here are some features that are specific to aequinoctialis: a relatively broad shell with bright purplish basal coloration on the columellar side, an aperture that's quite curved at the posterior end, and marginal spotting that is very evenly (almost geometrically) distributed.
> >
> > Aloha,
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > ---- GARY FREDRICKSON <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> I'm afraid my question does not meet the usual level of scholarship that predominates in here but what the heck.
> >> I inherited a large collection containing a Cypraea aequinoctialis. bought from the Deynzers. Is this a valid species, I never see it offered for sale. Further the data slip says larger than the current world record. It measures 51.5 mm. Anyone know if it's still a record? I collect mostly olives and margins so this really outside of a very very limited expertize. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Gary Fredrickson
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