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From: mark <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Sunday, July 05, 1998 10:31 AM
Subject: conus floridanus burryae,
 
 
>Could one of our resident conus experts advise me on the differences
between
>conus floridanus burryae and conus floridanus.
>
>Question 1, does the spire remain darker in color then the "body" color,
>I.E. the spire on my questionable specimen has slightly darker blotches on
>the early whorls.
>
>Question 2, both are "gradiconus" in structure, the specimen I'm using for
>comparison has a structure that is much lower or closer to "protoconus".
>Should spire height be considered a factor when differentiating the two
>species.
>
>Question 3, this specimen was found in the same location , same depth and
>same habitat as the original species in this case floridanus, it was my
>understanding that a sub-species can't exist within the same habitat as the
>species. Of course there can be found one exception , conus
>anemone/Peronianus exist in the same habitat, same localities and are found
>at the same depth.
>
>Thank you in advance for any and all input on this matter, Mark James
Bethke
>