ALOHA PAUL,
IM CURRENTLY THE ONLY FULL TIME DEALER IN HAWAII. YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. A
SCHILDERIANA IS ONLY A LARGER THAN NORMAL SIZED TIGER COWRY FROM HAWAII. IM
CURRENTLY IN THE PHILIPPINES NOW AND YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT I TRADE OVER
100 HAWAIIAN TIGERS HERE A YEAR AND MANY SHELL DEALERS HERE OUTRIGHT "LIE"
TO BUYERS BY SAYING THE TIGERS ARE FROM THE PI.

OBVIOUS DIFFERENCES OF THE HAWAIIAN TIGERS ARE THE LARGER SIZED SPOTTING AND
SHELL THICKNESS IN RELATIONSHIP TO IT'S SIZE. PI TIGERS ARE HIGHLY SPOTTED
WITH SMALL SIZED SPOTS AND ARE LIGHTWEIGHT AND THIN. RECENTLY IN MY TRAVELS
I'VE SEEN 5IN TIGERS FROM VIETNAM & MADAGASCAR BUT ARE TRULY RARE. MAYBE ONE
OUT OF TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE LIKE THIS WHEREAS THE RATIO IN HAWAII,
DEPENDING ON LOCATION, IS ROUGHLY 50 TO 1.

I'VE SEEN NEAR 5IN TIGERS HERE IN THE PI ALSO. BUT THE SPOTTING & WEIGHT
WILL ALWAYS GIVE THEM AWAY.               MAHALO!  CHRIS TAKAHASHI