$ 780 only?

Carlo

SPECIAL AUCTION (ACTUAL REAL PARATYPE FROM DESCRIPTION OF MAY 2011)

Name: Cypraea "Nucleolaria" hinuhinu Moretzsohn, 2011.

Location: Mokuleia, N.Shore, Oahu, Hawaii.

Grade: GEM.

Size: 29.24 x 18.01 x 13.43mm. (By Digital Caliper).

Notes: SELF-COLLECTED LIVE GEM FROM INSIDE A DEEP-WATER LAVA TUBE AND JUST
NAMED NEW HAWAIIAN ENDEMIC AS OF MAY 2011. I RECOGNIZED THIS SPECIES AS
BEING DISTINCTIVELY DIFFERENT FROM NUCLEUS AND GRANULATA AND PROVIDED A
HANDFUL OF TYPES TO DR MORETZSOHN TO BE DESCRIBED. IN HAWAII THE NAME
HINUHINU MEANS "GLOSSY-SHINY" SINCE IT HAD CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH NUCLEUS
AND GRANULATA BUT STOOD OUT ALONE. IN 40YRS I ONLY FOUND A FEW AND WAS ABLE
TO GET A FEW MORE FROM MY DIVE PARTNERS TO FORM A RELIABLE BASE TO HAVE THIS
SPECIES PROPERLY NAMED. THIS IS A LIVE COLLECTED GEM AND THE LARGEST SO IT
WOULD BE PRUDENT TO SAY NOT ONLY A REGISTERED PARATYPE BUT A POSSIBLY A
WORLD RECORD SIZE AS WELL.  ONLY A HANDFUL OF THIS SPECIES EXIST WHICH MEANS
ONLY A COUPLE WILL FIND THEIR WAY INTO A SELECT FEW WHO ARE SERIOUS ENOUGH
TO OWN SUCH A RARITY.

"HOW MANY COLLECTORS CAN SAY THEY OWN A MUSEUM GRADE PARATYPE"? I RESERVE
THE RIGHT TO END THIS AUCTION AT ANY TIME.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "steve rosenthal" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: Cypraea granulata - hinuhinu


> As best as I can tell, without the morphological or anatomical details
> from Severn's book, the difference appears to be about $780.
>
> On 9/8/11, Moshe Erlendur Okon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Shalom to all,
>> I came across a new Cowrie from Hawaii, well, new to me at least,
>> Nucleolaria hinuhinu (synonym ‘hapa’). Apparently the publication is:
>> Moretzsohn F. (2011) Study of the Hawaiian Nucleolaria (Gastropoda:
>> Cypraeidae), with a description of two new species. In: Severns M.,
>> Shells
>> of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells: 515-520. Conchbooks,
>> Hackenheim.
>> I was wondering whether someone could explain how this taxon differs from
>> granulata.
>> Sincerely, Moshe Erlendur
>>
>
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