I'm currently in NW Puerto Rico with a couple of other shell collectors, and at one beach we've been finding reasonably fresh dead specimens of what appears to be Cypraea  (now Naria) turdus.  They are certainly not the two local comparably-sized species (cinerea or acicularis, which we've also found dead specimens of  to use as comparators; they are not close in shape, pattern or color, and especially noteworthy is the weight per size of the turdus).  I'm less than completely surprised because on at least the last couple of auctions  on Shellauction.net, a dealer/seller in Aruba ("ArubaShellClub") has been offering locally collected specimens of "Naria turdus gabrieli" with the following comment

"A new introduced species, a really exquisite gem!, taken at night under rock by Aruba Shell Club Members and discoverers of this species new locality, possible introduced as veliger larvae, in ballast water from visiting oil tankers. Taken December 2021"

It would be interesting to know where else in the Caribbean this shell might be spreading.  Aruba is pretty far from Puerto Rico!
Do any other collectors now of other records?

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