Dear Mr. James, I think your specimen is Pustularia Chiaponnii Lorenz 1999. Please check the original description of it from Dr.Lorenz's site http://www.cowries.net/ Best wishes, - Jiongtao http://www.soft.ics.keio.ac.jp/~huang/ >From: James M Cheshire <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: cowrie >Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:40:21 -0400 > >Dear all, >Ross Mayhew has just placed an image of a cowrie of mine >on Conch-l images. It belongs to the subgenus Pustularia (Chick-Pea >Cowries). >I received it under the name of "Cypraea bistrinotata mediocris", but >comparing the >specimen to photographs of true C. b. mediocris, It does not look like >it. However, >I cannot figure out what it is. I would be grateful if some of you cowrie >experts out >there could take a look at it for me. You can see it here: > >http://www.geocities.com/conchlimages/James.html > >Thanks, >James > >Note: Though it is somewhat hard to see it in the image, the shell has >moderately-developed >pustules on both sides of the dorsum. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com