Macrocypraea zebra / Hexaplex fulvescens

[marlo]

Let's see,

You can't be "The" Pilsbry.  He died in October 1957 in Lantana, Florida, the same year this Chicago boy collected his first shell on a trip to Florida.

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I haven't made the contributions Henry did, but a little levity lightens the day.

"Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit."

Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)

Tell us a little about yourself.  Where do you do your research (institutional affiliation)?  Have you published? Sounds like you may be in my neck of the woods (Gulf of Mexico).  I'm just a collector.  But, an example of my contribution can be seen at <a href="http://z14.invisionfree.com/Conchologist_Forum/index.php?showtopic=1849." target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://z14.invisionfree.com/Conchologist_Forum/index.php?showtopic=1849">http://z14.invisionfree.com/Conchologis ... topic=1849</a><!-- m -->.</a>  I'd like any information you might have to share about this shell.