Dear Guido
Thanks for you comments on Lambis lambis with lirae in the aperture. It is
difficult at best to determine what might be considered a separate species
as to shell morphology only. That being said, until they appear in
significant numbers like L. adami, I accept that that the lirate ones could
be hybrids. As to L. robusta being from Tahiti, I have 2 specimens with
fairly good data. On was collected at 15 m from Tautira, Tahiti. Another
from 20 m on the ocean side of reef, Punaauia, Tahiti.
All the best,
Paul
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From: "Sheila Tagaro" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 8:05 PM
Subject: [CONCH-L] Lambis
> Dear Paul & All,
>
> This “Lambis lambis with lirae” is interesting and probably a new
> species. Some of the Strombus people are very lumping in fashion, and
> I frankly don’t believe that the L. arachnoides is a hybrid: there are
> way too many of them, and so are the L. lambis with the lirae: too
> many, we got dozens in six years. Lambis are pretty local
> occasionally: L. robusta lives only on the tiny Island of Moorea, I’m
> even not certain that it has been found on Tahiti proper. I would like
> to hear from people who collected this species on Tahiti (themselves,
> not bought). The L. violacea is from the tiny Sint Brandon. L. adamii
> is absolutely valid, but we are still struggling to have proper
> locality data, they come in mixed, but all suggests that this species
> lives only on the tiny Serangani Island. Large adamii are very
> different from dwarf L. lambis – of about the same size, and meanwhile
> several hundred have been collected.
>
> I suggest somebody names the L. lambis with lirae from the Visayas.
>
>
>
> Best regards, Guido
>
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