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Re: Curious hybrid
From:
"Kim C. Hutsell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 30 Sep 1998 22:46:12 -0700
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Jenny Cline wrote:
>
> I have recently acquired what appears to be a hybrid Erosaria moneta x
> caputserpentis.  Several of these have been recovered from the Phillipines
> in recent years.  How frequently have Conch-L'ers encountered hybridized
> Cypraea?
>
> I can make a digital photo to share if anyone would like to see it, or post
> it on a website.
>
> Jenny Cline
>
> Until 15 Oct:
> 401 S. Twin Creek Dr. #9C
> Killeen, Texas 76543
> (254) 699-2501
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>
> "Non illegitimi carborundum est."
> I trade for Cypraea and buy related literature!
 
Jenny,
 
What an odd coincidence.  I have, sitting in front of me, what appears to
be a cross between a Cypraea lynx and a C. tigris. First one I've ever
seen. It's well known that species of Haliotis hybridize, but it never
occurred to me that Cypraea might, as well.
 
K. Hutsell
San Diego

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