Thanks to all for the interest in this fossil sinistral cowry thing.
I'll get back to the person and ask for more info (place, size of shell,... ,
etc.). Hopefully there is (or can be) an image of it.
Aloha,
Bob Dayle
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Quoting Phyllis Diegel <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear Friends.
>
> All of the books below have no mention of a sinistral cypraea.
>
> Phyllis Diegel
>
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> Subject: Re: fossil sinistral Cypraea from Florida ...
>
>
> > John and other fossil cypraeid fans:
> >
> > The best references for fossil cypraeids of the Florida Pliocene &
> > Pleistocene (be they sinistral and/or dextral) are:
> >
> > Petuch, E.J. 1994. Atlas of Florida fossil shells (Pliocene and
> > Pleistocene marine gastropods). The Graves Museum of Archaeology and
> > Natural History: Sarasota, Florida. xii + 394 p., 20 figs., 100 pls.
> >
> > Petuch, E.J. 1997. Coastal paleoceanography of eastern North America
> > (Miocene-Pleistocene). Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.: Dubuque, Iowa. vii +
> > 373 p., 120 figs.
> >
> > Petuch, E.J. 2004. Cenozoic Seas: The view from eastern North America.
> > CRC Press: New York, NY. 308 p., 34 figs., 98 pls.
> >
> > Hope this information helps.
> >
> > Aloha,
> >
> > Lindsey Groves
> > Nat. Hist. Mus. LA Co., Collection Manager Malacology
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> > John Timmerman
> > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:47 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: fossil sinistral Cypraea from Florida ...
> >
> > In a message dated 1/5/2006 3:08:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > [log in to unmask] writes:
> > That's Siphocypraea problematica Heilprin, 1887
> >
> > Rather common here in Sarasota in the old shell pit (which has been mined
> > out).
> >
> > Peggy
> >
> > On Jan 4, 2006, at 9:39 PM, Bob Dayle wrote:
> >
> >
> > I was contacted by someone who found a sinistral fossil cowry in Florida.
> > No
> > more information than that, at present.
> >
> > As I recall, rather dimly, there were two or three species of cowry from
> > days of
> > old which coiled backward. Could one of our fossil cognoscenti further
> > illuminate the situation of such shells so that I could pass it on to this
> > person?
> >
> > Thanks and Aloha,
> >
> > Bob Dayle
> >
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> > I have always thought of that species as being dextral - at least the
> > specimens I have are.
> >
> > I know there are several sinsitral cones as in other similarly aged
> > deposits on the east coast USA but have never heard of a Cypraea like
> > this.
> >
> > Would someone supply a reference where I can learn more about these
> > Cypraea?
> >
> > John Timmerman
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