Thanks for the answer. That settles that. I should have read on and not
become so involved with likeness.
Regards
            Dominic
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> From: Bobbi Cordy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: CONE IDENTIFICATION
> Date: 18 May 1998 19:57
>
> DOMINIC RAWLINGSON PLANT wrote:
> >
> > Two years ago I found a nice cone, ht: 51mm, off the Florida Keys which
I
> > identified as Conus bartschi - though I have also been told it is Conus
> > regius.
> > In Walls "Cone Shells" it looks like the picture at the bottom of page
580
> > (C. regius) and not like the picture on page 148 (C. bartschi).
> > On the other hand in Abbott/Dance "Compendium of Seashells" my shell is
> > very similar to the photo of C. bartschi shown on the bottom of page
272
> > while it does not have the high sloping spire of the C. regius
illustrated
> > in the picture at the bottom of page 267.
> > Can any "Cone" expert give me me a definitive way of telling the two
apart?
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> > Dominic Rawlingson Plant
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>
> Conus bartschi comes from the panamanic province and Conus regius comes
> from the caribbean.
> --
> Jim & Bobbi Cordy
> Specializing in Self-Collected
> Caribbean & Florida Shells