Conus kawamurai, incidentally, is actually a separate species (they do not
intergrade), known live from only one location and so far from a single
specimen.
 
Does a single Freak specimen constitute a "new species" ???? Mark James &
Peta Susan Bethke
3001 South Ocean Dr. Suite 4-V
Hollywood, Florida
33019-2804
U.S.A.
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Callomon <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: C. milneedwardsi
 
 
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You did not answer the question about the US$20.00 Conus milneedwardsi.
>>
>> I assume these are the Indian form (pink banded). Please let us know
>> where and when to send the money for our specimens. Can you get the form
>> kawamurai from Japan also?
>
>OK, once for the record : I am not a shell dealer, I do not sell specimens,
>I was not offering shells for sale when I said you can get C. milneedwardsi
>for $20, just stating a fact.
>Conus kawamurai, incidentally, is actually a separate species (they do not
>intergrade), known live from only one location and so far from a single
>specimen. All the others are sand-pumped or shallow-dredged dead shells as
>far as I know (including the holotype, whose operculum mysteriously
>appeared after it reached a museum, only to disappear again).
>