|
|
|
Natural shells heishe |
|
natural shells heishe,
|
Natural shells heisheNatural shells heishe Additional localities for rostrate melanistic or specimens which are either one or the other are as follows: Rostrate Cypraea moneta barthelemyi Bernardi have been collected in Torres Strait; I have seen a lovely rostrate Cypraea annulus annulus Linn. which was collected by George and Ethel Young at Okinawa; Phillip Clover recently collected a pair of rostrate melanistic Cypraea gracilis japonica Schilder in Sagami Bay, Japan and sent me one, but they are not as completely melanistic as some of the cowries from Queensland and New Caledonia; I have several Cypraea pantherina Solander that were collected at Massawa, Eritrea, in the Red Sea that have a uniform layer of reddish brown on the dorsum. The specimens I have which were collected by Howard Beaver at Jidda on the opposite side of the Red Sea do not show this melanistic tendency. Natural shells heisheNatural shells heishe These two names were put forward so casually that I am uncertain whether the proposals were valid. At any rate, I have examined fresh specimens of both forms the first said to come from the extreme south of India and the second from the Red Sea and can find no conchological characters that would justify separation from C. lentiginosa Gray, 1825. They are variations of a species that is known to vary considerably over its range. I have had similar specimens in my collection for years. Natural shells heishe natural shells heishe,strands components,natural coco strands,philippines shells horn,jewelry stores,jewelry philippines coco,handmade basket native,fashion pendants,novelty items,natural shells heishe
More Information and Links About natural shells heishe
|
|
Updated June 3, 2004 |
|
