Dear Bob,

Thanks for this input.
Within Strombidae dwarf forms are very common, sometimes less then half the
size of "normal" specimens. I think nicaraguensis is nothin more then such
a dwarf form.

Gijs

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> Van: Robert & Betty Lipe <[log in to unmask]>
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> Onderwerp: Re: Strombus pugilis forms.
> Datum: dinsdag 31 augustus 1999 17:46
>
> Dear David,  That's exactly what it is, a form from Nicaragua.  Is it a
> sub-species or a form?  This word form is being used more and more,
> which is not all bad.  At least you can pretty well tell what the shell
> is going to look like from certain areas.  I had a Murex palmarosea from
> Sri Lanka.  I kept it alive in my aquarium for 5 years.  What I fed it
> and maybe the water quality caused it to lose the pink color and the
> longer fronds and in five years I had one that looked like it came from
> the Philippines.  But I just called it Murex palmarosea form
> aquariaensis.  Just kidding.  Of course there can be two or three forms
> in the same area, but like I said before interbreeding and food have a
> lot to do with it.  From the Pseudoscientist,
>
> Bob
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