SHELL COLLECTING IN DIRTY WATER A Muricid and Sea Urchins

YOLo XVI NO.5
MAY, 1968
NEW SERIESNO. 101
SHELL COLLECTING IN DIRTY WATER
A MuricidandSeaUrchins
Keehi Lagoon; Oahu, is not the best shelling area by any means.But oneday, when
there was a goodlow tide, we wentby boat to oneof those "islands" madeof discarded
dredgingout in the Lagoon...nothing
but hermit crabs in prehistoric shells!
The water was very murky, and we were curious as to whatwas makingit so dirty.
We had a plankton net aboard, and we thoughtthere wouldbe no better place to try a
plankton tow than in contaminatedKeehi Lagoon,especially with a SouthWindblowing
into the Lagoon and an incoming tide! So over the stern of the boat wentthe plankton
net. Ten minutes later we hauled it in. Becausethe water was so dirty, we got a
"lovely" jar of dark stuff. Preservative was added so whateverwas in that water
wouldn'tdisintegrateas soonas it died.
We could hardly wait to get home to the microscopeto see whatthis "pea soup"
contained. Would you believe it? There were millions of tiny shells...four different
kinds...possibly in one of their earliest stages of development,all cominginto Keehi
Lagoonon an incomingtide.
At left is a photograph of
the day's
haul.
Shells
illustrated
were contained
in less than a single drop
of the preserved
sea water.
This photo shows the type
in an
of fauna collected
average
Note
tween
plankton
the
tow.
difference
the two hauls.
be-
The photos below were taken on the
reef at Kahuku just as the sun came up
one day in April, 1967. Manyurchins had
two of these shells underthem. Oneshell
would always be larger than the other.
Male andfemale??
I took one of the Muricid homeandput
it in my aquarium where I had another
sea urchin of the same speciesthat I had
taken from another locality. The shell
got under this urchin as though it had
alwaysbelongedthere.
I have not foundtheseMuricid in winter
months. The only time I have collected
them is during the spring andearly summer (April and May mostly). In the early
morning at low tides is the time they are
most likely to be seen. About one sea
urchin in every three or four examined
had Muricid under them.
The shell illustrated is one of four
very similar shells found in Hawaiian
waters. All are bandedbrown shells that
must be examinedas to form to separate
the species.
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BOOKS DEALING WITH
OR LISTING HAWAIIAN SHELLS
1. "Pacific Sea Shells" by Spencer W.
Tinker. Revised edition. Published 1958
by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vt. and
Tokyo, Japan. For years the "Bible" of
Hawaiian collectors.
2. "Hawaiian
Marine Mollusks" by
Clifton Weaver. Covers Hawaiian Terebras
($4.00); Cones ($5.00); Cowries ($3.50);
Strombus ($.50); and Cymatiums ($1.00).
Life-sized photos. Descriptions; references; synonyms. Available from Hawaiian
Malacological Society.
3. "Indo-Pacific Mollusca." Published
by Dept. of Mollusks, Academy of Natural
Sciences, 19th and The Parkway, Philadelphia, Pa. 19100. Loose-leaf form;
binders available. Each number covers a
family and is authorized by an expert in
that particular group of mollusks. Pro.
fusely illustrated; maps. This is a must
for the serious world wide collector.
4. "Marine Shells of the Pacific" by
W.O. Cernohorsky. Published by Pacific
Publications Pty. Ltd., Box 3408, G.P.O.,
N.S.W., Australia, or in the U.S., Tri.
Ocean Books, San Francisco, California.
Contains 248 pages designed for the
amateur who has progressed from stage
of picking up dead shells from the beach
to serious collecting. Also of interest to
professionals far removed from areas of
the Pacific.
5. "Shells of the Western Pacific."
Volume I by Tetsuaki Kira. Published
1962 by Hoikusha Publishing Co., Ltd.,
20, l-Chome Uchikyuhoji.machi, Hagashiku, Osaka, Japan. Next in English. Excellent color plates.
6. "Shells of the Western Pacific."
Volume II by Dr. Tadashige Habe. Publisher same as above, 1964. English text.
7. "A Field Guide To Shells of the
Pacific Coast and Hawaii" by Percy A.
Morris. Published by Houghton Mifflin
Co., Boston, Mass in 1952. Few color
plates;
many black and white ones.
Glossary. Indexed by Latin and common
names.
8. "Sea Shells of the World With
Values" by A. Gordon Melvin. Published
by Charles E. Tuttle Co., printed in Japan
in 1966. Glossary; book list; indexed by
page and caption numbers; synonyms;
common names; relative values given.
9. "Marine Molluscs In Cumming Collection," British Museum (Natural History). Described by William H. Pease, by
E. Alison Kay. Published as a Bulletin of
the Museum, Supplement 1, in 1965. Ex.
cellent photos, description, references.
10. "Selected Shells of the World." Two
Volumes by Dr. Tokio Shikama. Published
by Hokuryu-Kan Publishing Co., Ltd., No.
55, 1 Chome, Jinbo-cho, Kanda Chiyoda.
ku, Tokyo, Japan. Text in Japanese. Latin
and common names given in English.
May, 1968
Occasionally a shell turns up in a collection that is labeled "Waikiki Beach."
A bit of checking shows the shell is known
to have never been found living in Hawaiian
waters. Yet the finder is positive the
shell carne from Waikiki. There are two
ways this could happen. Several years ago
a few members of the Society spread their
spare shells, possibly other than Hawaiian,
along the sands of Waikiki so the visitors
to Hawaii could find some shells. It is
quite possible some of these shells could
have found their way into collections. The
other way shells get labeled "Hawaiian"
is through their sale in the shell "dealers"
at the various curio stores in the Waikiki
area. Such shells are never labeled and
could be thought by the unsuspectingvisitor
to be Hawaiian.
The Braille Institute of America, Inc.,
Los Angeles, has asked and been granted
permission to reproduce the article' 'Personality of the Month" that appeared in the
January, 1968 issue of our Shell News.
The Shell News will receive full credit
for this. The magazine, "The Braille
Mirror"
is a 72 page monthly magazine
for the blind. By the way, a $15.00 tax
deductible gift subscription gives a year's
"reading" to a blind person.
There is a note of special interest to
collectors in Van Nostrand's Standard
Catalog of Shells (Revised edition). This
is the "WANTED" listing for first hand
information concerning the relative abundance and occurrence of marine shells at
various seasons in specific areas. Send
information to Mr. Robert J.L. Wagner, 13
North Shore Dr., Seaford, Delaware 19973.
Carla Thorsson, twelve year old daughter of shell club member Captain Wesley
Thorsson, United States Coast Guard, recently won first prize at the Niu Valley
Junior High School Science Fair. Inspired
by Dr. Alison Kay's exhibit, in which Dr.
Kay demonstrated the vast number of
minature shells to be found in sand, Carla
decided to investigate the composition of
sand.
Starting with two tablespoons of very
coarse sand taken from the high tide mark
at Nanakuli Beach, Carla divided the sand,
particle by particle, into ten groups. Besides the miniature shells, pieces of larger
broken shells, lava, coral, stone, glass,
syllicate crystals, sea urchin spines, and
shrimp and crab were found.
Working with a magnifying glass and a
jewelers glass Carla divided the 107shells
into 47 varieties. Each variety was mounted
on a separate card. A precise pencil sketch
of each was made. Thenthe two tablespoons
of sand was mounted and labeled by groups
and exhibited with a magnifying glass
attached so that viewers could see for
themselves the wonders of the sand she
had worked with.
"This note is in reply to your cover
article on the February 1968, edition of
HSN (Vol. XVI, No.2) about parasitic
snails.
Several investigators are working on
symbiotic relationships at the University
of Hawaii. Most of the research is taking
place in Dr. ThomasCheng'sLaboratory
of Symbiosisin the Departmentof Zoology.
Symbiotic relationships currently being
studied deal mainly with echinodermhosts
and gastropodand crustaceansymbionts.
Specifically, the Linckia multifora..
Stylifer l~
(starfish-snail),Holothuria
atra.._¥u£ronalia nJtidula (sea cucumbersnail), and Echinothrix calamaris-Echi~
pentagonus(sea urchin-crab) relationshipsare beingexplored.
Questionsrelative to the life histories
of the symbionts, the dependenciesinvolved in the relationships, the biochemistry of the relationships, and the
morphology and general biology of the
symbionts are being investigated.In the
past these relationshipshavebeenthought
to be obligatory ones. Verifications or
modifications of this concept are being
investigated.
Determining the nature of these relationships will stimulate more years of
research.
Informationon, or commentsconcerning,
the above animals are invited by the
following investigators: Richard Tullis,
GeorgeHoskin, Peter Castro, Department
of Zoology,University of Hawaii."
by JOH:NORR
Ed. Note: Part One of John Orr's interesting search for this rare shell appeared
in the February, 1968, HSN.
A fortnight
later we returned to the
"bar",
selecting
a day with an exceptionally low tide. My appetite whetted by
the two dead Cypraea ~
I headedfor
the reef side while others preferred the
sand patches. After an hour and a half of
poking and prodding amongst the corals I
had found only one C. caurica and was
beginning to think theCowries were either
"on strike" or on a pilgrimage to another
reef in the vicinity; in fact, I was about
to call it a day and join the olive hunters.
Then I turned over one more small slab
of half-dead, insipid looking coral. The
underside was flat and appeared almost
devoid of marine growth of any kind. Yet,
staring me in the face near one end, was
a handsome~ cylindrica. its pale vermillion mantle half withdrawn, communing
with a small C. quadrimaculata. I popped
them both into-iiiy shell bag and was about
to replace the piece of coral when my eye
caught a dark brown smudge. A closer
look, a gentle touch of the hand, and there,
its mantle slowly retracting, was a fine
C. stolida nestling in a small crevice.
-It-provect
to be exceptionally timid and
refused to extend its mantle for at least
two hours, though kept separately in a
jar of sea water. I particularly wanted to
examine the animal as I was somewhat
Ed. Note: Also see April 1968, HSN, mystified by the color of the shell. The
page 8, for more on parasitic shells. dorsum is devoid of chestnut spots and is
a pale fawn grayish color. The central
brown splotch is isolated with no connecting
rows of spots linking it to the two orange
RECENTFI N OS
marks on each side of the margins, these
are dappled with faint orange freckles.
There are typical orange-brownspots on
the attenuatedposterior and anterior extremities. The base andteeth are creamy
white (four on the anterior outer lip are
tinged lightly with orange). There are 20
teeth on the outer lip, 17 on the inner lip.
The columellar sulcus is shallowandvery
faintly ribbed. The mantle of the animal
was pale mottled brown, almost transparent, the antennaeorange and the foot
a pale lemon yellow. It measures33 mm
long andis 16 mm wide.
Allowing for certain color variations
within anyparticular race I wonderwhether
in fact this is a specimenof C. stolida
thakau with whose description,-as--giVen
by Joyce Allen, it seems to tally more
closely than any other. Yet its habitat is
said by her to be restricted to the Fiji
Islands with distribution in the Pacific
Province. Presumably this could encompass the Singapore/Malaysiaregion.
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Collected
In January Ed De Vaul loaned me a
specimenof Mitra that appearedsomewhat
David Haas, in eight feet of water, a
NewHMSmemberMr. DavidR.Horsley, like VI1lat \ve-have been calling Mitra
SouthPacific Sugar Mills, Fiji, wrote as cucumarin~ but obviously it was noTfiie
Charoniatritonis, 73/4inches.
Dee Dee Wageman,~a
vexillum follows, "I am very proud to be associated same. So all three shells went to Dr.
with your Society. I hope some of your Alison Kay VI1lowrote as follows:
(seeillustration, page1).
"1 call the Hawaiian species Mitra
Virginia Siewertsen, Casmaria erina- members will exchangeshells with me."
From Mrs. AnnS. Ashworth,9265N.W. tabanulaLamarck, 1811(right, beloV1}:li
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27!a inches.
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~a;-iJTJ;i
32 Court Road, Miami, Florida 33147, is distinct from.M.. cucumarina(left, beinches, both in tide pools.
Thankyou." Signed,Virginia Siewertsen "Do you have any club memberswhocol. low). Both species,M, cucumarinaandM,
"p.S. Whenare you printing the instruc- lect Pectens? Would they trade or sell tabanu1~occur in Fiji. It is quite possible
tions on how to build a shell cabinet...if any?" Hawaii has about a dozenspecies that ~ cucumarina occurred here (in
I remember correctly this was to be a of pectins in almost as many families. Hawaii) (middle shell) during one of the
Perhaps the most beautiful species is Pleistoceneinterglacialperiodssincethere
forthcomingitem in the ShellNews."
Nodipectin langfordi with Mirapectin are any number of fossil species repreEd. Note: Will try for the June issue, thaanumi a close second.Both are quite sented in the Islands VI1lichdo not now
occur here."
rare deepwater shells.
Virginia. Thanks.
From New ZealandHMS member Mrs.
Here on Oahu, Miss Nancy McAleer L. M. Gurr, 140 Hastings Street, Christ.
collected three ~
spiceri in the last church 2, New Zealand,writes, "I am a
monthor so. All in deepwater while scuba member of the ConchologySectionof the
diving. Nancy wants to sell one or two Aukland Museum, and I am desirous of
of these. Write her c/o Hazal Connors, adding to my collection of sea shells."
1720Ala MoanaBlvd., Apt. C-304,Hono- Mrs. Gurr has New Zealandand Tongan
lulu, Hawaii 96815. Make her an offer. shells for exchangefor Hawaiiarlshells.
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HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS
May, 1968
Western Australian Shells, 174 Hayes Avenue, Yokine, Western
Australia 6060, sent the HSNa photographof the living animal of the
very rare Cypraea marginata. The only illustration of this shell I have
seen is in Dr. Shikama's"Selected Shells of the World Illustrated in
Color". The living animal may never before havebeenillustrated. We
are grateful to Western Australian Shells for the privilege of showing
HSNreaders this truly beautiful shell.
The first time I saw this photo(left) was in full color on a Christmas
card received from an Australian collector. When I wrote Western
Australian Shells about it they replied, "Yes, we makeXmascards
from any of our color slides of living shells." The thougiltstruck me
that this would really makea fine card for a collector to sendto fellow
shell enthusiasts. And now is the time to order for Xmaswhichis
just about six months away (card mailing time, anyway).Theyhavea
price list of color slides available.Write for it.
You will note that Phil Clover's ad is not appearingin this issue of
the HSN. Phil wrote stating, "Please let my ad expire with the April
As we prepare to go to press HMS PresidentAline issue. We are going overseas again and will needthe next six months
O'Brien called to announceplans are finalized for another to close out our correspondenceand sales." And he added,"I get
shell fair this year. Time will be October 10ththrough between250 and 300 letters and boxes per monthas a result of the ad
19th. The place will be the location of last year's shell andit will take at least that long to slow the mail down."
A word of advise. If you haven't received oneof Phil's price lists,
fair at the Ala Moanashoppingcenter.
President Aline is going to need plenty of handsto or purchasedone of his excellent rare shells, it wouldseemadvisable
make this an even bigger andbetter SHELL FAIR SIXTY. to do so before he is off againto collect in someoverseasarea. Write
EIGHT. Get your displays ready. And find out howlEE.. to him, or place that order, at P.O. Box 3264,ChulaVista, California,
92011, USA. To Phil and Mrs. Clover, good luck andgoodshelling.
canhelp. More on the shell fair next month.
Hano Specimen Marine Shells is offering a new bookthat looks
absolutely fascinating. It is titled "The Fringe of the Sea", by Isobel Bennett,Judge
SHELLS FOR SALE
Myers, and Keith Gillett. Illustrated with many black andwhite andcolor photographs.
"Diversity and endless fascination in the line where the land meetsthe sea" aptly
AUSTRALIA
describes this book. Order from Philip L. Hano,$9.45U.S.currency. Seead on page6.
LANCE MOORE,Marine Specimens
27A GeorgeStreet
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Phone277357
The shop where the raries were and
Anothermajor eventfor shell collectors
To us here in Hawaiithe most important
are such as gloriamaris, ~,
~
shell auction will be conductedby the will take place on J\Ule15 and16 at Santa
aurantium,
-machi,Free
Priceteuleri.
List On Request
Hawaiian Malacological Society to raise Barbar~ California. This will be the first
funds to help with the publication of the annualWestCoastInternationalShell AucShell News. This auction is set for July tion, sponsored by the Santa Barbara
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SHELLS
9, 1968. It will be conductedat Davies MalacologicalSociety.
174 Hayes Avenue
One collection of Australian terebra
Hall, St. AndrewsEpiscopalChurch,Queen
Yokine,WesternAustralia 6060
Specializingin shellsendemicto Western Emma and Beretania Streets, Honolulu. totalling over 60 specimens, about 28
Many excellent shells are availablefor different species,has alreadybeenoffered
Australia. Locality variations and rare
collector items. Very comprehensive
range auction. But the prize of them all is cere along with other rare, \Ulcommonand
common shells from beautiful Hawaii,
of colour slides includingbreedingvolutes, tainly the very beautiful Cypraea~
cowries, cones and murex on eggs. Shell donated to the Society by HMS member exotic Japan, Mazatlanto Mauritius, Tailist 4 and slide list 2 just released. George Mendenhall who passed through wan, Fiji, the Sulu Se~ and other interAll previous lists invalid. Largest im- Honolulu last week enroute Thailand to esting shelling areas.
While the list of specimensto be offered
porters and exporters of quality shells mainland.Only a very few of theseshells
have beenlive collectedandmanyof those will not be complete\Ultil near the dateof
in WesternAustralia.
have had defects on the dorsum. The C. the auction, it is already known that a
PER'rn SHELL DISTRIBUTORS,4 Ungaroo nivosathat will be sold is perfect. . . ":fii
choice selection of Cypraea from ~
Road, Nollamara, Western Australia 6061 ~olor,
hesitata to C. hirasei will be "on the
andcondition.
NEW LIST NOWAVAILABLE!
andbeautifulMurex
There will also be Cypraeatessellat~ block" along-with~
Specializing in West Australian shells. ~ ~
(giants), cones,andmanyothers. including ~ alibaster, ~ saltatrix. ~
Many rare cones, Cyprae~ volutes and It should be a fun night and a chanceto ~
and M: lamberti, ~
zonatus.
Haliotis available. Shells from 5 cents to get THE SHELLSyou have alwayswanted Voluta sericat~ and others.
$200.00. Write for price list.
with prices from 10 cents to $200.00. ~o
entered so far are Tibia fusus, L
And
it
will
help
your
HMS
and
HSN.
start
powisii and .L martinii (from Taiwan),
R.T. & D.A. BROWN
planning now for this eventful evening. Spondylus, fancy pectens, colorful cones
Box 74, Yeppoon,Q'lnd, Australia
The May shell auction will be held in and other sought after items.
Fine and rare specimensboughtandsold. Texas by the Gulf Coast Shell Club. If
Those in charge of the eventemphasize
Will exchangefor rare shells. FineVolutes,
that
collectors also will find a
any
of
you
plan
on
being
down
Texas
way
~
Cyprae~ Conesfor sale. Havein it will pay to stop in at the auctionto be broadbeginning
selection from which to choose.
stock, two beautiful and rare cones; ~ held at 7:30 p.m. the second Tuesdayin
All shells offered will be ondisplayfrom
coccineus (red color) and.f.. tenellus in
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on J\Ule15at the "Quonset
May
in
the
American
National
Bank
Basethree grades to suit all pockets. Write for
ment meeting room. Presidentof the Gulf Hut", 210E. OrtegaStreet, SantaBarbara,
free price list.
Coast Shell Club is Miss Viki Bishop. with the auction followin.e:immediatelv.
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HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS
THE SECOND SHELL OF A SYDNEY COWRIE
by PROF. DR. F.A. SCHILDER
In the October,November,andDecember
issues of HSN(for 1967)there appeared
a three part series "She11ing
in the Galapagos", by Mr. and Mrs. De Roy. I had
loaned three of the photos of unusualand
rare shells sent by Mrs. De Roy which
have now been returned. These excellent
specimens are indicative of the quality
of shells available from the De Roys.
Write to them at Isla SantaCruz, GalapagosIsles, Ecuador.
Notoou$ta
hartsmithi
from
Long Reef, Sydney, 23 mm
long.
(Dorsal, basal, and
right side view).
Photo:
Cymat;um
~;neatum
(Reeve)
52 mm.
Trostel
Mr. W. Hart-Smith of North Sydney,
N.S.W., was happy enoughto discover a
second specimenof Notadustahartsmithi
Schilder 1967 (see HSN, No. 93, p. 6,
september 1967). The figured shell has
beencollectedby him on January29, 1968,
on the beach of Long Reef near Sydney
and it has been sent to the writer for
examinationandreturn.
This secondshell quite agreeswith the
holotype in size (23 mm), shape,dentition
(30 labial and 21 columellar teeth) and
the characteristic fossula, but it is a
more callous specimen with the right
margin more protruding and the base
very convex. The uppermostlayer of dorsal enamel is groundoff, so that presence
or absence of dorsal spots cannot be
guessed;but the secondlayer showsthat
the dorsum was greyish tan, crossed by
two very distinct narrow zones of darker
brown square spots with a similar row of
smaller spots encircling the spire. The
chestnut spots above and below the pale
tan right margin are coarser and more
distinct.
The general appearanceof this shell
recalls worn specimens of Notocypraea
~
Gaskoin, however, in the adult
callous specimenof Notadustahartsmithi
the spire is more umbilicate andflattened
within, the hind top of the inner lip more
acuminate, the posterior outlet more
sunken and narrower, and the fossula
more protruding interiorly; besides, the
two interrupted dorsal zonesare narrower
and placed much farther apart (exactlyin
1/3 and 2/3 of the length of shell), andthe
lateral spots are coarser and far less
numerous.
The discovery of this secondspecimen
of Notadustahartsmithi proves that it is
really a new species evidently restricted
to the Sydneyarea. Possibly the young
shells of bicolor from Port Jacksonmentioned by Angas (P. Zool. Soc. London
1867:206) also may have belongedto
hartsmithi.
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Ed. Note: See HSN for October 1967,
Vol. XV, No. 10, New Series No. 94 for
article and photo of Strombus aratrum.
~tromhll.c; aratrum (Rod.)in Sabah
My first Strombusaratrumwascollected
on MandiDarrah Island in November1960.
My second was a beachwashed
specimen
at Siquati near the very tip of the West
Coast, in December of the same year.
Since then I have collected several very
fine specimensat various places(seemap)
betweenthese two points but have never
founda trace of this specieseither further
east or further west. Mr. Gay'sspecimen
comesfrom an island almost exactly halfway betweenthem. Natives on both east
and west coasts have always told me that
they have never seen this shell and it
does seem to me to be concentratedin
this extreme northern tip of the island.
It would appear, however, that this
species is even more widespreadin S.E.
Asia for in 1964, Mr. A.P.R. Oliver sent
me a specimen collected on the West
Coastof Malaya.
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Phil Clover wrote saying, "Enclosed is
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Armes. This little Marginella ventricosa
had quite a load to carry around (left in
photo). A typical one inch specimen is
illustrated at right.
"This shell was formerly known as
~~rginell~ quinqueplicataLamarck, 1822.
This speCimenwas collected at Butterworth along the west coast of Malaya in
1961.
Ed. Note: This shell has had several
synonyms. See Van Nostrand's Standard
Catalog of Shells, Catalog number 23-706.
Commonlycalled Dwarf Tibia this small
shell is quite attractive and quite rare.
This photo shows three shells collected
in Rabaul, New Britain waters by Mr.
Karl Vetz, Vienna, Austria, whoalso submitted the photo.
"Australian Shells", by Joyce Allan,
lists this speciesin the Family Strombidae
and the shell as Rimella cancellata. The
shell is illustrated in color in Dr. Shi.
kama's "Selected Shells of the World"
(Plate 23, Figure 6), as Varicospira
cancellata (Linne). The shell is small,
growing to about 11/2inches maximum, pale
yellowish to brown in color and may have
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I wish to exchangePhilippine Shells with
Shells from other countries. I collect all
species, but I am particularly interested
in ConesandCowries.
Figs. 1 & 10: .f: ~
Sowerby Naviti Island, Fiii I.; L: 32.7 mm. Figs. 2 8. 20: ~ ~
FERNANOOG. DAYRIT
S~werby - New Hebrides; L: 31.4 m'n (partly covel oed with periostracum).
24 Mahinhinst., UP Village
This vexatious species was described number from 10-11;whorls are sculptured
UP Post Office, Diliman, Rizal, Philippines
by Sowerby (1857, ThesaurusC,Qnchyli2: with 2 prominent spiral grooves and
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rum, 3:25, pl. 12, figs. 254,255) from 2 numerous,fine, axially curvedstriae. The
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-specimenscollected by J. McGillivray in labial lip and body whorl are waisted
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cathcartiae,~
martini, ~
1856in the Fiji Islands. McGillivray and centrally, aperture is narrow and bluishmelanocheilus,~.pu1chella,~~
W. Milne collected shells and plants on white within. The periostracum is thin,
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contaminata. several islandsof the Fiji groupwhenthey translucentandsmooth.
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filaereginae,Angariamelana... visited these shores in H.M.S. Herald,
C. crassus differs so prominentlyfrom
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c.tesSiiiatiiS that no differentiatingcharunder the commandof CaptainDe~.
granifer, assorted Phil. Land Shells, etc.
Tryon (1884, Man. Conch., 6:11, pl. 2, acters need be given here. It resembles
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fig. 27)placedthe speciesin the synonymy C. eburneusin manyfeatures, but as far
of C. tessulatus Born, but most authors, as- can be judgedfrom the 3 knownspecimyself included, assigned it to the mens the following differences appear
synonymy
of C. eburneus Hwass in constant:
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.Q... c~
has red spots in live-taken
I want to buy rare Conus.~~
Y2!!!i!J: Bruguiere. ThoseWorkswhichdoillustrate
~ crassus. usually show various forms of specimens whereas all specimensof..£.
and Cypraea. Can use Cypraea aurantium
C. eburneus. Dr. A. Kohn, University of eburneus examined by me (in excessof
and I will pay good prices. Only live colWashington, kindly provided me with a 500) always have blackish-brownspots.
lected perfect specimens considered.
color photographof Sowerby's types of C. crassus also lacks the yellow transSIMON De MARCO. World's Largest
C. crassus preserved in the British Mu. -verse bands, which are generally,but not
Dealer, P. O. Box 1664, Fort Myers,
seum (Nat. Hist.), London. One of always,present in C. eburneus.C. crassus
Florida 33902, U. S. A.
Sowerby's type-specimensis the same is centrally waisted, giving the shell a
species as the two specimensillustrated concaveoutline, whereas.f: eburneushas
BELGIUM
here, even thoughit is more ventricose; parallel sides. ~ crassus has a very
STUDIO MARIN
111, Rue de Tournai, Herseaux, Belgium the other specimen, however, as far as bulbous and rounded shoulder, whereas
BELGIAN DEALER BUYS ALL INTER. can be judgedfrom a photograph,appears C. eburneus has an angulate shoulder.
has wide-spaced
spiral grooves,
ESTING COLLECTOR'SAND DECORA. to be ~ eburneus. This, and the absence ~ c~
of genuine specimens of the species, could and the intervening areas appear broad
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the long association of -C. crassus and flat; in..£.teburneusthe spiral grooves
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are close-set, giving rise to the basal
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In 1966 I collected a beachbut fairly spiral cords.
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C. crassus is knownonly from Fiji and
good specimen of ~ crassus at Naviti
openfor exchanges.
Island in the Yasawagroup (Fig. 1 and1a). the-New Hebrides at present, but further
MRS. L. ELINKO
A year later, I had the opportunity to specimens from other areas will unP. O. Box 3, Herseaux, Belgium
examine a fine, live-taken specimen of doubtedly be discovered in the future.
Very advancedshell collector wants to C. crassus collected by Mr. J. Bollard
buy new, hard to find shells. Must be in" the New Hebrides (Fig. 2 and2a). Both
excellent specimens.Sendprice or price specimens differ from C. eburneus on
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list and description. Will also exchange sight, and the description is as follows:
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A rare deep water shell dredgedfrom
The shell is moderatelysmall, ventri.
cose, white or creamy.white in color, a depth of 2,275 feet off SagamaBay,
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and ornamentedwith 12.13spiral rows of Japan(size: 29 x 31 mm). It is the third
One line of Prof. Schilder's article was dark red, fairly regular and rhomboidal known species of the deep water genus
omitted in the March issue of HSN on spots; the spire is ornamentedwith short Halicardia. The other two,.!!. ~,
page 5. The last paragraph should read, axial streaks of the samecolor. Sculpture dredged from deep
"The two living taxa should be classified consistsof 7.10wide spacedspiral grooves water off Hawaii, and
as 'prospecies' of almost specific rank, which extendfrom the base to abouthalf. the type Mytilimeria
becausefresh shells canbe well separated way up the body whorl; in addition, the flexuosa Verrill and
morphologically,as well as e.g. Erosaria body whorl is ornamentedwith numerous Smith (by monotypy)
lamarckii and E. miliaris which are sepa.- (150 plus) very fine axial striae. The dredged from deep
rated geographiCallyin a similar way... shoulder is prominently rounded and water in New Engbulbous, the spire is concave.andwhorls l~d.
etc. ..."
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