Andre,

The Virgin Islands is a considerable distance away from the reported range
of C. cedonulli.  Please let me know if you get credible confirmation of the
locality.

Photos of the specimens I have seen on the site do not differ from shells
found off St.Vincent.  I wonder if a poorly written data slip may have
caused confusion between the locations at some point?  In most cases,
though, old labels are not retained with shells bought and resold by
dealers.

Warm regards,

Bill Fenzan
Norfolk, VA
USA


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Subject: [CONCH-L] C. cedonulli from the Virgin Islands


>I see that the Coltros have posted a specimen of Conus cedonulli with
> the locality data: Virgin Islands
>
> This is the first I have heard of this species occurring that far north.
> The specimen offered appears to be dead collected. Does anyone have
> record of live specimens being found in the Virgin Islands? I would not
> be surprised to find a member of the cedonulli complex occurring off
> Martinique, but this locality does surprise me.
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