Dear Mel, I really appreciate your kind offer, apparently my original
E-mail was not printed in its entirety, the genus and subgenus that I do
not have an example of, are as follows:-
Naquetia (~ 6 varieties in this group) - so far I have been offered a
beached specimen from Samoa, Attiliosa (10 varieties to choose from
including:- caledonica nodulosa, orri, nodulifera,) Aspella (again many
varieties 17 in total including anceps, producta, pyramidalis ) Pterynotus
(Ponderia) (6 varieties including calendonicus canaliferus and magnus)
Poirieri ( Pazinotus) - (11 varieties all rare and very expensive) Poiriera
(Panamurex) (4 varieties are listed - carnicolor (Clench & Farfante)
eugeniae (Vokes) velero (Vokes) and hemmenrum (Houart) ) Dermomurex
(Takia) - ( inermis (Sowerby) probably the best example) Dermomurex
(Trialatella ) (8 varieties including neglecta, (Habe & Kosuge) oxum
Petuch and cunninghamae
(Berry,1964) ) Dermomurex (Viator) (3 varieties antonius, howletti, and
pasi all named by Vokes).
If I get the referance collection 'almost complete' I shall exhibit it ,
but my main objective is to produce an exhibit that would be of some value
to a teaching establishment, after I have had my fun out of it. Any help
that you can give me would be greatly appreciated, provided of course, that
I can repay you in some way. Please give my regards to Sylvia, I have an
ambition to let my wife see New York, and to meet you both. We will be in
Canada,for three weeks in September, during which time, we have arranged a
coach tour for 10days to New England. So I am warning you we are getting
closer, one of these days God willing we will make it, provided you promise
to come and see us in Ireland. Yours sincerely Stanley Francis.
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