Hi Cecil,

see the glossy aspect of your shells : all three are
nucleus. Granulata is flatter, generally bigger, and
the adult shells are never glossy and in fact,
cassiaui ssp. has a violet base and a yellowish dorsum
(instead of beige).
Hope those informations will help you

fabien


--- Cecil Bankston <[log in to unmask]> a écrit :

> I have posted on my web page
> http://members.cox.net/cbankston/Tuamotus.html
> pictures of 3 specimens of Staphylaea I collected on
> Takapoto, Tuamotus,
> French Polynesia.  I am confident the one on the
> left is nucleus.  Are
> the others also nucleus or is one or both granulata
> cassiaui?
>
> I would welcome any additional opinions on the
> Lienardia on the same page.
> --
> Cecil N. Bankston
> Baton Rouge, LA
> USA
>
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
> [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal
> discussions on molluscs
> To leave this list, click on the following web link:
>
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1
> Type your email address and name in the appropriate
> box and
> click leave the list.
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
>







___________________________________________________________________________
Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger
Téléchargez cette version sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com

----------------------------------------------------------------------
[log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs
To leave this list, click on the following web link:
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1
Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and
click leave the list.
----------------------------------------------------------------------