Luko 23 Posted October 28, 2012 Hi to all mollusc afficionados, could you pls help me identify this cowrie spotted on Seraya - Bali. Was strolling quite fast on a mucky environnement, 6m deep, more than 5cm long. I used to be a shell collector in my South Pacific youth (boooo! ) but couldn't recognize this one. Assessing the mantle color, I thought about Cypraea Cribaria, then i tried to get the mantle slightly uncovering the shell but didn't recognize anything, certainly not the distinctive white cribbling of the cribaria, it was a more indefinite pattern shell. Any ideas? Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leslie 0 Posted October 28, 2012 Have you looked at www.poppe-images.com? They're the best image resource for IP molluscs. My two top choices are both species of the cypraeid genus Talostolida: Talostolida pellucens - http://www.poppe-ima...&photoid=974676 Talostolida teres - http://www.poppe-ima...ostolida teres I'll send it to our mollusc collecton manager who is a cowry researcher & see what he has to say. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luko 23 Posted October 29, 2012 Thanks Leslie, i didn't know about Poppe-images, thanks for the link. Indeed both of them look good from the shell color and pattern, I first wrote it looked like a Errones shell but was afraid to be terribly wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leslie 0 Posted October 29, 2012 I just heard back from Lindsey Groves, our cowry-loving CM. Blasicrura teres pelluscens (Melvill, 1888). Apparently there's a lot of disagreement among specialists about correct names. He prefers the genus name Blasicrura rather than Tolostolida and considers pelluscens to be a subspecies of teres but agrees that's what it probably is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
