Not too surprising that a juvenile Strombus was classified as a different species, considering how different from the adults they look. On three separate occasions, people have sent me unidentified Conus specimens which turned out to be juvenile Strombus (two S. luhuanus and one S. bulla). However, Strombus aren't the only species to have been misnamed in this way. Someone also sent me an unidentified olive shell, which was actually an immature Cypraea arabica. You wouldn't think this would happen with a cone shell, but it did. Conus pulcher is a large species from west Africa. Not only were the colorful, glossy juveniles of this species given a different name (Conus papilionaceus), but the large old adults were also described as a separate species (Conus prometheus). I guess no-one noticed that ALL the known specimens of C. prometheus were big, and ALL the C. pulcher were medium-sized?? Paul M.