Now I feel dumb!
The telltale mark of a Caribbean specimen is there in the questionable shells - it is just faint, and there is only a
trace of it deep inside the beak, ergo they can all be from Puerto Rico. It pays to go over every millimeter of your shells! I won't make the same mistake again.
(Is my brain still affected from the sight of all of those gorgeous shells at the bourse?) Could be.
Caio,
Linda
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