Yes...
I also would be very pleased to learn the history of these names.
Many people have met once a "pardalis"  without knowing what this was
exactly;  and if Schilderniana means the big, big hawaiian tigris, what
about the P.I giant shells which are sold here and there in shell shows ?
Most of these P.I. giants are not very heavy (regarding to their sizes)...
Is a schilderiana a big heavy shell ?

Internet Hawaiian shell news delivers some schilderiana infos.
http://home.att.net/~t.thorsson/Month1/page11.html

http://www.conchology.be/CyberConchology/HawaiianShellNews.php
In the keyword field of the search page, type schilderiana and run the
engine for many infos about this name.
Most of times, people don't agree on the validity of this subspecies.

Any opinion ?

Olivier Caro

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From: "Barbara Jouvernaux" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:37 AM
Subject: Cypraea tigris subspecies


> Hello,
>
> I have several Cypraea tigris in my collection with labels giving names as
> specific subspecies, including:
>
> lyncicrosa (Steadman & Cotton 1943)
> schilderiana (Cate, C.N. 1961)
> pardalis (Shaw 1795)
>
> Could someone please confirm whether these are currently valid subspecies
> names or not, and if the author details are correct. Some labels are quite
> old and some are handwritten meaning I can't be 100% sure of spelling.
>
> Many thanks & regards,
> Barbara Jouvernaux
> Walton
> New Zealand
>
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