That’s really interesting. A cross between a deer cowries and a measled cowrie is something that I’ve never seen. I’ve collected cowries up and down the Florida keys and found them living in the same area even occasionally where both species are found under the same rock, and I’ve never seen or heard of a cross breeding. I would love to hear from someone who has collected one and can show everyone a picture of it.
Scott 
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> On Apr 25, 2020, at 12:09 PM, "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask] wrote:
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> .02¢
> Decades ago on collecting trips with the well-traveled Florida/Caribbean
> collectors, they had mentioned shells that appear to be cross-breeds
> from some locations.
> Do not remember specifically where those were purported from, just
> remember the discussions. 
> ...but remembering where they bragged to collect from back then, I will
> assume the northern Caribbean and Bahamas, and perhaps southern-most FL
> Keys.
> Les
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