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Re: Curious hybrid photos...
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Douglas Nolen Shelton <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 2 Oct 1998 12:27:47 EDT
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I just viewed the images of the suspect "hybrid" cowry.  They appear to me to
represent simply an ecomorph (colorform) of Cypraea caputserpentis.  In my
opinion, hybridization in this case would be a stretch in logic.
 
Doug Shelton
Alabama Malacological Research Center
2370-G Hillcrest Road #236
Mobile, AL 36695

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