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Re: new Cypraea
From:
Guido Poppe <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 28 May 1999 20:30:50 +0000
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>>Hi,
 
>>Ma Xiutong described three new species of Cypraeidae:
>>
>>Erosaria sinensis
>>Erronea donghaiensis
>>Palmadusta pseudolutea
>>
>>in a 1997 book, Fauna sinica.
>>
 
According to Cowry expert Felix Lorenz, they are syn. of the following:
 
Erosaria sinensis is erosa.
Erronea donghaiensis is hungerfordi (but for me it looks bizarre on the plate)
Palmadusta pseudolutea is saulae.
 
Best regards, Guido
 
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