The yellow ones are the specimens I have some trouble with.  There are
other yellow specimens that are thinner shelled....that are without a
doubt, as far as I'm concerned not festiva.

Until I pluck one of these babies off a tree, I doubt all the localities
being presented for these specimens......

K



Monfils, Paul wrote:
> If the red one is Calocochlia festiva, what about the bright yellow one with
> the red/pink lip that is being offered as C. festiva?  Is that a color form
> of the same species?  The shape is pretty similar, though in my opinion not
> identical.
>
> http://www.shellauction.net/auction_shell.php?id=61057
>
> Paul M.
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