Bob, I tried your website. To the left I get specimens of schilderorum, to
the right specimens of sulcidentata, however, the central portion is
absolutely dead. Even the numbers to activate photographs are lacking! Is
there any mishap?
Best regards,
Henk K. Mienis
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From: "Bob Dayle" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 9:35 PM
Subject: Hawaiian 'cross-breed' cowries...


> For any interested in Hawaiian cowries:
>
> After a recent 'tour' of cowry-related Internet sites,
> I became aware that there was little real information
> about the schilderorum/sulcidentata half-breed cowries.
>
> They've been around for decades, at least. The shell dealers
> were glad to sell any that they got their hands on for US$50.
> However, cowry 'experts' avoided them like the plague!
> For the sake of clarity, I've created a web page which shows
> plenty of shells' apertures so that the curious person
> can see what these 'in-between' shells look like. It is at
> http://www.cowrys.org/research/xbreeds.htm
>
> Aloha,
>
> Bob Dayle (a.k.a makuabob)
> http://www.cowrys.org
>
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