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VOL. IX No. 6 APRIL, 1961 NEW SERIES NO VOL. IX No. 6 APRIL, 1961 NEW SERIES NO. 16 Page 2 HAWAIIAN 8: in Hawaii. Most local collectors say they are all juveniles of Conus sumatrensis, as the local form of Conus vexillum is Offlcial Publication of tho called. No one has ever found an adult Hawaiian Malçcologiu Society specimen. They all grow up to be suma- 2777 KalalMua Avenua, Honolulu IS. Hawdi, U.S.A. trensis. Another problem; if he can be induced to spend some time on it, is OFFICERS whether Conus lividus with a red animal . - is Conus sanguinolentus Quoy & Gaimard. Prmtdaa ........................ CUFTON S. WEAVER A live Strombus hawaiiensis Pilsbry Mrs. Harrison kept a so-called sanguin- was collected last month by Reggie Gage and Vic. President .................... JAMES W. ANORVS olentus alive in her aquarium for several Lockwood Albright, a visiting collector weeks. The red gradually changed to Tremurer ................ MRS. GERTRUDE ANDRUS from Encino, California. The shell was black while the animal was apparently alive collected in water less than knee deep in Adsf. Trewurer ............ OONALD con CELDERN and healthy, and when it died it was a black sand and rubble close to the shore line on Recording Secretary ... MRS. HAROLD M. BAKER animaled lividus. No microscopic exami- a beach on northern Oahu, which Reggie nation of the soft parts of the two has Cor. Secretary ..... MRS. ELIZABETH HARRISON refuses to name specifically until he has been made that we are aware of. searched the surrounding area for more Dr. Rehder really has a busy summer PUBLICATION COMMITTEE like it. The find was made following a planned. The newly organized National Ca- period of storm and high water, which Karl W. GreeaeOlive Schoenberg pitol Shell Club, of which he is president, apparently had washed it in from deeper Spencer W. Tinker will be host to the 1961 A. M. U. convention water. So far as known this is the first and OfficerÃat listed above. June 20 to 24. The Pacific Division will recorded instance of the finding of a live meet at Santa Barbara, June 28 to July 1, specimen of this species since the HSN first Issued monthly and mailed to all re ular mem- if he should attend, and the Hawaiian Shell bers. Admembershi fHov. to dct.) $4.00. started publication in 1952. The shell and B airmail, wherever Cf 8. ostage applies, Fair dates, which he hopes to attend, are the animal still in it, have been forwarded d.00. lmm6dia.h members of a regtblaf mem- July 1 to 9. Then to the Bishop Museum to Dr. R. Tucker Abbott, at the Academy ber's family may join for $1 .OO but are not en- where he will spend the rest of his time (Kled to the Hawaiian Shell News. of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia. The in Honolulu. First he plans an inventory decision to send the shell to Dr. Abbott Items of interest to shell collectors are solic- of all the various collections of the Bishop was largely based on his discussion of ited for publication in the Shell News. Dead- Museum, and the area covered. Then as line 90th of month preceeding publication. Strombus hawaiiensis in the issue of Indo- time allows, classifying and arranging the Pacific Molluaca recently devoted to Strom- collections in the new cases the Museum bus. In this study, he placed S. hawaiiensis has added. with S. iredalei, as subspecies of S. vomer. Dr. Abbott will take in the 10th Pacific His closing remark on S. hawaiiensis was LUCKY HONOLULU Science Congress, and being editor in "The soft parts have not been examined". LUCKY SHELL CLUB chief of Indo-Pacific Mollusca, will check This need no longer be true thanks to on Harold Jewell's collection from the Line Reggie's contribution. LUCKY SCIENTISTS Islands to see how many, if any, new Strom- It is interesting to note that Dr. Abbott bus he can find. is of the opinion that S. vomer Roding is Three of the malacological wizards of And all three of them are not averse to headed for extinction. He bases this ob- the U. S. A., all well known here, and accepting an invitation from local collectors servation on the fact that it is currently in the past not infrequent visitors, will for a shell hunting trip. found but rarely in Okinawa and in New spend all or sizeable portions of the 1961 Caledonia, with a stretch of over 3000 miles vacation period in Honolulu. They are: in between in which it does not occur Dr. Alan J. Kohn, now an assistant although it is found in fossil state in this Professor of Zoology, at Florida State Shelling In Nadi Bay, Fiji 3000 miles. He also observes that the two University, Tallahasse, Florida, with his subspecies, hawaiiensis and iredalei re- wife and child, will spend the entire sum- Have you ever shelled sitting down? semble each other more than they do the mer here. A. Jennings, Box 183, Nadi Airport, Fiji Parent species vomer, although geographi- Dr. Harald A. Behder, Curator of Mol- tells how it's done. You first got acquainted cally vomer is found in territory located lusks in the U. S. National Museum, Wa- with him in the Feb. HSN,. and he says by between the two. It will be interesting shington, D. c., accompanied by his wife a result of his offer to trade shells for to see what changes If any are made in the and a son and daughter, will spend the classification and identification has brought present classification after the soft parts months of July and August, in Honolulu. him so many offers that "I really don't of hawaiiensis are examined. Dr. R. Tucker Abbott, Pilsbry Chair know-how to cope with the inflow". of Malacology, Academy of Natural Sciences But he seems to be an observantcollec- of Philadelphia, accompanied by his wife, tor, and in a recent letter he tells about will spend three weeks in Honolulu, from collecting sitting down, which may or may Specimens were few, but what big ones August 27th to Sept. 7th. not be typical of other areas than Nadi they were, seemed to be the rule for And now may we add that the order in Bay, Fiji. Cliff Weaver's collecting this winter. Dur- which the three learned doctors were men- It must be an area covered with seaweed (Continued on page 3) tioned is based on the length of their stay with a sandy bottom covered by a soft in Honolulu, and was not dictated by personal layer of silt from an inch to an inch and preference, age, year of graduation, size a half in thickness. Sheltered bays, and CONTENTS of family, scientific know-how or standing inlets having fresh water streams feeding in the profession. And while summer is in are the most likely areas. Low tide usually regarded as a vacation period, you when not more than 12 to 15 inches of sLine Island in Relation to Hawaii can put a question mark after the word water covers the area is the best time. Lucky Shell Club vacation as far as these gentlemen are Some sort of foot covering is necessary Shelling in Nadi Bay, Fili because of the ever present pinna or pen Recent Finds - - concerned. Shell Fair Progress Dr. Kohn is bringing some of his work shells. Sit down, slowly, also because Shell Exchange with him and some will be provided by local of the pinna, and when you move, move Shelling Vacation on Zanzibar collectors. For one thing he will study slowly for the same reason. Pass your Preliminary Studies in Cone Venom the Conus eugrammatus-acutangulus prob- hands slowly through the weed and the first The A. M. U. Annual Report half inch of silt. There you will find the "Little Stranger" Department lem. Is eugrammatus a synonym or are Report on Line Islands there two species included in this complex? small strombus. Then dig through the Cvofaea Semiolota Still Endemic He has asked the cooperation of any local silt to a depth of 1-1/2 inches. At this Jar/is Island (Chart) collector who has specimens to confer with depth you will find bulla, many bivalves The Molluscan Family HarpMae him. Also he will be called upon to defend and sometimes a cone or an olive. At "The Cowry"-A New Publication , his nosition that Conus capitaneus is found (Continued on page 8) April, 1961 HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS Page 3 -.- SHELL FAIR PREPARATIONS SHIFT INTO HIGH GEAR At a meeting called for that purpose, some thirty-odd members of the Hawaiian Malacological Society met Wednesday eve- ning March 15, to listen to progress re- ports of the Fair Committees, and ap- proved a number of decisions, where From Hungary, and in English, the following has been received: "I should be necessary. very glad to exchange shells with you; I am especially interested in the land shells of The meeting was an enthusiastic one. your country, and I could offer you Hungarian species in exchange. I send only identified The committee reports were listened to mater i a 1, and I would beg you to do the same. (Signed) Agocsy, Keeper of the with interest, discussed informatively, a- Malacological Collection, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest VIII, Baross. mended sometimes, and in the end unani- u. 13, Hungary". Mr. Agocsy also enclosed a reprint of an article of which he and mously approved. Almost everyone ex- T. Pocs are joint authors entitled Data on the Mollusk Fauna of Hungary. You may pressed themselves on one subject or be interested in the opening remarks: "The Mollusk Collection of the Hungarian Natural another, it was clearly evident that those History Museum was wholly annihilated in 1956.
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