I've visited your page. I also believe that is a lynx. Many immature specimen have another pattern as in adults. But it is
very very shell and a great image. I wanted to visit and sign your guestbook but this was not possible.
with best shelling greetings
Helmut

Helmut "Helix" Nisters
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Innsbruck
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           (please visit it and sign guestbook)

office:
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Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
Feldstrasse 11 a
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86 - 37

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I collected a Cypraea at Ifaty, Madagascar.  I think it's lynx, but its
color and pattern are not like any other lynx I have seen.  I would
appreciate any opinions from the cowry experts on the list.  Please view
the shell at my fledgling web page:
http://members.home.net/cbankston/index.htm
Click the Shell Images link.  You can leave comments in the guestbook or
e-mail me, using the mailto link.
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Cecil N. Bankston
Baton Rouge, LA USA