Dear Don,
I've seen only a few shells of this finding. None of these precise in their
labeling, and I suspect many came from Taiwan. The only milneedwardsi found
by diving was Mauritius or Reunion. Probably Reunion as there aren't much
people diving 60 m in Mauritius. But they do it weekly in Reunion, Sint
Gilles.
Guido.
>Guido,
>
>Where specifically have you found c. milneedwardsi near the Persian
>Gulf? Can they be collected by scuba diving or only by
>trawling/dredging?
>
>Don Lycette
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Guido Poppe [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 1:26 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: India/Mozambique milneedwardsi
>>
>> Hi Bill and Milan,
>>
>> yes, there are true differences. Bill describes the differences
>> beteween
>> both populations and having seen hundreds of each population, my
>> experience
>> is that the average size is larger in the Indian ones, but the top
>> sizes
>> (160 mm up) come from Mozambique in most cases.
>> The name clytospira I personally use for the shells from near the
>> Persian
>> Gulf, they are in general much smaller, seldomexceed 110 mm and most
>> have
>> solid bands of purple. These are the ones collected most often about
>> 15-20
>> years ago and now only found in collections.
>> As well in India as in Mozambique, perfect shells are one out of a
>> hundred.
>> Reasonably nice ones you get a dozen/hundred. Most have severe growth
>> scars.
>>
>> Guido
>>
>>
>> >Hi Jasna,
>> >
>> >The authors of the Manual of Living Condidae believe there are
>> differences
>> >in these shells. They call the ones from Natal to the Red Sea Conus
>> >milneedwardsi milneedwardsi and the shells from Pakistan to India and
>> Sri
>> >Lanka Conus milneedwardsi clytospira. The full text on pages 314 and
>> 315
>> >and figures should be consulted if you have the book.
>> >
>> >If you don't have access to the book, the African form is brown and
>> white
>> >while the Indian form has "pink" bands in the background. The Indian
>> form
>> >is also supposed to be, on average, smaller than the African form.
>> I am
>> >not sure of this as the biggest specimens I have seen on lists and in
>> >collections are from India.
>> >
>> >Hope this helps.
>> >
>> >Bill Fenzan
>> >Norfolk, Virginia, USA
>> >
>> >[log in to unmask]
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Jasna Peternel <[log in to unmask]>
>> >To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>> >Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 7:29 AM
>> >Subject: India/Mozambique milneedwardsi
>> >
>> >
>> >>Hi,
>> >>I would like to know if there are any small morfological differences
>> >>between milneedwardsi from India and the same species from
>> Mozambique.
>> >>Thanks.
>> >>
>> >>Milan
>> >>
>>
>>
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