VOL. XXXVI NO.7 JULY. 1988 NEW SERIES343 FAVORITE OPERCULUM By BUNNIE COOK*

One of the first live shells I found in Hawaii many years ago was gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844), known then as Nassarius reeveanus (Dunker). I found it during an HMS field trip in a shallow-watertide pool. Although I was fascinatedby the lovely shell and the active , it was the operculum that caught my eye - a blood-red arrow dominated the shiny appendageto the foot. I guessthis is why I learned to save opercula right from the start. I was thrilled to find this shell again in April 1987 on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The operculumis still my favorite - a red arrow!

Nassarius gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844) from Maui Island, Hawaii. Photos: Burch

[E. Alison Kay states in Hawaiian Marine Shells that' 'these nassaridsare common in sandy tide pools and shorewardon fringing reefs." It is interesting, therefore, that long-time HMS collectors Bunnie Cook only collected six, Wes Thorsson eight, and Ray McKinsey six specimens, while Keith Zeilenger, Lyman Higa, Andy Butler and Andy Adams have not collected any. Olive Schoenbergreports, however, that twenty years ago they were common at the boat landing at the Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki. In this connection I wish to thank Dr. Allen Allison, Chairman of the ZoologyDepartment, Bernice P. BishopMuseum in Honoluluwho gave me permission to examine the Museum's shell collection. It has 30 sets of Nas- sarius gaudiosus from throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago all of which were collected in the 1920's and 1930's. These included one set of forty specimens Operculum of Nassarius gaudiosus showing the red arrow. from Paumalu, Oahu, collected in 1936. However, only one set with 15 specimensfrom Hilo, Hawaii, had opercula. Please send information to HSN on other shells with colorful corneous *1120 Makaiwa, Honolulu, HI 96816. opercula. TBl Page 2 HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS July, 1988

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Editors Emeritus E. R. CROSS. STUART LILLICO HMS SHELL AUCTION JEAN BROMLEY Editor OR. TOM BURCH The receipt of several dozen rare and semirare The Society lost one of its senior memberswith Associate Editors OLIVE SCHOENBERG, BEATRICE BURCH "collectibles" for November's HMS 1988 Shell the death early in May of Jean Moses Bromley in Science Advisor OR. E. ALISON KAY Auction in Honolulu has been reported by the Ha- Honolulu. She was 89. Science Consultant W. O. CERNOHORSKY Editorial Staff LYMAN HIGA, STAN JASWINSKI, waiian Malacological Society's Show and Auction Jean joined the HMS a few weeks after it was RAY McKINSEY, WALTER SAGE Committee. organized in 1942 and was accordedthe status of a Editorial Assistants GEORGE CAMPBELL, BUNNIE COOK, BILL & TRUOI ERNST, JIM ROHRBACH, The Shell Auction is the principal source of pioneer member. Jeanwas well known as the person WES THORSSON, DOROTHY WENDT money for the Society's Scholarship Fund, which who each Yule organizedthe annual party with her Corresponding Editors MARGE BRADNER, DONALD DAN, FR. AL LOPEZ S.J., HENK K. MIENIS, PETER van PEL, each year makesgrants totaling $2,500 to more thAn famous Scuba Santa Claus as the centerpiecefor AURORA RICHARDS, THORA WHITEHEAD $3,500 to assist both graduate and undergraduate gifts and her shell Christmastree. IndexEditor RAYMcKINSEY studentsof malacology. She had an excellent collection of largely self- BackIssues Manager BUNNIECOOK A near twin of a Conus hamanni donated by collected Hawaiian shells, a large part of which she HAWAIIAN MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY HMS member Mike Fainzilber in Israel to the auc- gave to Brigham Young University-Hawaii. In addi- (Founded in 1941) Pp O. Box 22130 Honolulu.Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 tion sold recently for $1,000. (Our "upset price" is tion, several years ago she donatedall her HSNs to President DAN McNALLY considerably less than that, but spirited bidding is the HMS for our back-issuecollection. Vice President JIM RDHRBACHROHRBACH anticipated.) In her younger days Jean was a championship Treasurer GEORGE COOK Other prize shells listed by the committee include tennis player. Although she kept in touch by phone Recording Sec'y BUNNIE COOK three gem Conus dusaveli ranging in size from 59 with old-time shellers and friends, she was last seen Corresponding Sec'y TRUDITRUOI ERNST OUlceOffice Manager KAREN CABRAL to 61mm, a gem 30mm Cypraea capensis from at a HMS meeting in 1980. She is survived by her Directors South Africa, and a 103mmPleurotomaria africana son, George. BOB DAYLE OLIVE SCHOENBERG BARBARA KUEMPER DOTTIE WENDT from off northwesternAustralia. STUART LILLICOLlLLlCO RAY McKINSEY These and half a hundred more specimensmake CHRISTAKAHASHI Honorary Directors up the auction list that will be available to potential DR. ALLENALLISON BRUCECARLSON E. R. CROSS DONALDDAN bidders well before the sale. The auction is sched- The Society currently meets the first Wednesday of each uled for the afternoon of Saturday, 12 November Brave New World month in Honolulu. 1988 at the Neal Blaisdell Center in midtown Hono- VISITORS WELCOME! Of Oyster Culture lulu. Hawaiian Shell News is issued free to members of the Society. Postage rates have been computed and added to [Turn to page 10 of this issue for the complete R.A. Griffeths, P.I. Dixon and R.H. Crozier in a membership dues. Individual copies of any issue may be obtained, free of charge, by qualified individuals for bona fide list as of June first.] recent issue of Australian Fisheries reportedon the research projects In addition the "pricey" shells, many more with use of "genetic improvement" technique to reduce Members outside the United States are asked to pay with a bank cheque (not a draft) payable to HMS on a U.S. bank retail values ranging from $10 downward to less the "grow-out period" for Sydney rock oysters in (Be sure your name and address appear on the cheque.) than $1 will be spread out for table sales. Table competition with the Pacific oyster. One technique HMS DUES FOR 19B7 Includes delivery of HSN salesopen two hours before the auction, and will be is to induce "triploidy" which results in an indivi- -U.S. Zip Code Addresses (Handled as bulk mall, suspendedfor it. Table sales may be resumedafter dual having three sets of genetic material instead of not forwardable to new address) $17.50 -Canada and Mexico (First Class mail) 22.00 the auction closes. the usual two - one from each parent. The increase -All Other Countries (First Class mail) 24.00 The Shell Show and Auction program includes a can be obtained by doubling the maternal contribu- OPTIONAL DELIVERY OF HSN BY AIR MAIL (Dues Included) Dealers' Bourse, in which dealer-membersof the tion after fertilization of the egg but before the first -U.S. Zip Code Addresses 22.00 Society are invited to participate. The Bourse will cell division. Methods include use of pressure, -Bahamas, Bermuda, Caribbean Isiands, Central America, Colombia & Venezuela 28.00 be in session Friday afternoon, 11 November and thermal shock, and chemical induction. Although it -Europe (except USSR, Latvia, Uthuania, & Sundayfrom 10 AM to 4 PM. is possible to get' 100 percent triploidy by chemical Estonia), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Ubya, Egypt, Malta, and South America (except HMS president Dan McNally, who doubles as induction, it is apparently more practical to use Colombia & Venezuela) 30.50 -Africa (except North Africa), Australia, New head of the auction-arrangementsgroup, expressed pressure or thermal shock techniques which yield Zealand, Asia, USSR, Estonia, Latvia, the committee's gratitude to members around the only 60 percent. Uthuania, Israel, Middle East, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean Islands lacking U.S. Zip world who have respondedto the Society's appeal The main benefits are increase in growth rates Codes 33.50 for auctionableshells. and higher meat yields, improved survival, and in- -ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP (For family creased glycogen content of the muscle with a members; HMS card but no HSN) 1.00 "We seem to be achieving a good balance be- Articles of interest to shell collectors are solicited. Con- tween the scarce, higher-price specimensand the correspondingimprovement in flavor. tents are not copyrighted. Republication, with credit to HSN, is invited. popular items that many people want to fill out a The opinions expressed in signed articles in HawaIIan particular family," was his comment. "We have Shell News are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent policies of the Hawaiian Malacological Society. some very generousmembers." Advertisements are accepted at the rate of US $20.00 per column-inch per issue, payable in advance Discounts are A preliminary list of donors follows. The commit- oUered for six and twelve insertions. tee continuesto catalog incoming material. Typesetting, composition and printing of Hawaiian Shell News is done by Fisher Printing Co., Honolulu J. Rapaport, Mike Fainzilber and Shmuel Lavy,

~ ~ ~-- of Israel; Peter Ryall, Ghana; Dudley & Kay Pope, STROMBUS GIGAS St.Maarten; D. Bunyamin, Indonesia; E.R. Cross, Treasure Coast SheD News of Stuart, Florida NOTE NEW ADDRESS Port Angeles, WA; Helen DuShane, CA; Bruce reported [April 1988] that it is against the law to HAW AllAN MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY Crystal, CO; Ruth Wischman, FL; Don Hemmes, collect live Strombus gigas (queen or pink conch). . P. O. Box 22130 HI; Don Bosch, NJ; Mrs. E. Gow, Canada; Mrs. The News also asked collectors not to take more ; Honolulu,Hawaii 96822 Peggy Williams, Anita Blondin, and Ben & Josie than two live shells of any .That certainly is :~ ~-- Wiener, FL. a commendableconservation ~oal. July, 1988 HAW AllAN SHELL NEWS Page OBSERVATIONS Four Get Scholarship By STUART LILLICO Grants From HMS

Cassis Cornuta munities, measuredand mapped the seagrassbeds, Four graduate students in malacology, working at established 12 pennanent transects, and compiled three widely separated universities, have been In South Africa specieslists of fishes, marine invertebrates,corals, awarded grants totaling $3,377 in the Hawaiian The finding of a live specimenof Cassis cornuta seagrasses,and algae. The terrestrial group charac- Malacological Society's 1988 scholarship program. (Linnaeus) in South African waters - apparently terized the vegetative composition of the islands, For the first time in nearly a decade, no Hawaii for the first time - has been reported in The established 30 pennanent quadrats, and compiled student made the award list. Strandloper, publication of the ConchologicalSoci- species lists for the plants, birds, mammals and The HMS Board of Directors at its April meeting ety of Southern Africa, by D.G. Herbert of the reptiles. accepted the recommendations of the Scholarship Natal (S.A.) Museum. Most of the plant specieswere documentedwith Committee in favor of: Brian N. Tissot, in the third year of a Ph.D. "Whilst on a dive [in waters off] Zululand, Har- dried specimens prepared for the University of . vey Livschitz of Pietermaritsburgsaw a living hel- Guam herbarium, the B.P. Bishop Museum in Ha- program at Oregon State University's Department met shell," Herbert wrote. "Knowing that the Natal waii, and the SmithsonianInstitution in Washington, of Zoology in Corvallis. His research focuses on Museum already had a helmet shell from Zululand, D.C. The project was funded by the International relationships between developmental processes and he simply took a photographand left the specimen Union for the Conservationof Nature (IUCN». intraspecific divergence in the black abalone, alone. On surfacing, he told me about his find. Micronesian Mariculture Haliotis cracherodii, a common intertidal inhabit- "I automatically thought that what he had seen Demonstration Center BuUetin ant of the eastern Pacific from San Francisco, was a Cypraecassisrufa (Linnaeus), a Zululand California to southern Baja California. Cynthia Trowbridge, in the third year of a Ph.D. specimen of which the museum does indeed pos- . sess. When the film was processed,however, and I FOSSIL LAMB'S program, also at Oregon State University. She is saw the resultant slide, I was confronted not with studying the "puzzling" capacity (or inability) of Cypraecassis rufa but with Cassis cornuta! The individual Placida dendritica to switch diets of existence of this specieswas, prior to this, totally algal species. David J. Brunckhorst, Department of Zoology, unknown in South Africa. . "I, of course, castigated[Livschitz] for not col- University of Queenslandin Brisbane, pursuing a lecting it for the museumor at least calling me over masters project dealing with' 'the phylogeny and to see it. (In order to record the species officially systematics of phyllidiid nudibranchs of the we would need a voucher specimenin the museum.) Indo-westernPacific." . Emily CoBabe, a Ph.D. studentat the Museumof He replied that he did not know where my dive group had got to and pointed out - quite rightly - Comparative Zoology of Harvard University in that he was not entitl\)d to collect it as he did not Cambridge, MA. Her research into the evolu- have the necessary permit to collect in a marine tionary history of lucinid bivalves involves exten- reserve!C'est la vie!" sive travel and collecting in the Gulf of Mexico Herbert concludedphilosophically that at least the littoral zone, as well as deep-waterdredging in the existencein South Africa of C. cornuta is known, Caribbeanand the Bermudaarea. and there is a photo to prove it. Even though that is The HMS Scholarship Committee this year in- not enoughto record the speciesofficially' 'it repre- cluded Directors Dorothy Wendt. Stan Jazwinsky, sentsa most interestingfind." Dr. Allen Allison of the B.P. Bishop Museum in The Natal Museum only has specimensfrom as Honolulu, and Trudi Ernst. the convener. far south as northern Mozambique, some 1,200 "Sixteen people asked the Society for applica- miles from Zululand. tions," Mrs. Ernst told the Board. "Nine were re- turned completed, although several arrived too late "70 Islands" Survey Chris Takahashi reports finding a fossil Lambis chiragra to be considered. KOROR - Scientists from the University of Linnaeus, 1758 in loose in rubble on the reef off Honolulu "We hope that those who were not selectedtry Harbor entrancein 60 feet [18 meters]. Dr. E. Alison Kay Guam, the Government of Guam's Department of (1979) reports in Hawaiian Marine SheDsthat strombids again and get their applications to us before the Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, and the South used to be much more abundant and diverse in Hawaiian deadline." Funds for the HMS scholarshipprogram waters. She states that seven species occur here now but Pacific Regional Environmental Program visited the that four other species.including Lambis chiragra are only traditionally have been generatedby the Society's Republic of Palau in Januaryto carry out a quantita- found as fossils. periodic shell auctions, supplementedby direct cash tive baseline survey and resource inventory of the donations and in recent years by a portion of the flora and fauna of Ngerukewid Reserve.This wild- PINNA UPDATE interestreceived on the Society's reserves. life sanctuary, sometimes called Palau's' '70 Is- Fonner HMS President, Wes Thorsson, has sub- The 1988 auction is scheduledfor Saturdayafter- lands" or "floating gardens," is one of the most mitted another of his periodic reports on the status noon, 12 November, at the Neal Blaisdell Center in photogenicareas of the tropical Pacific and is often of the pensheU beds off Honolulu that were de- Honolulu, in connection with this year's Shell pictured in magazinesand travel literature. stroyed in the stonns of 1979-1980 [see HSN July Show. The visiting scientistsfound that the reserve con- 1980, April 1981, June 1983, and June 1987]. tains all seven of the describedspecies of the giant "I sighted no live Pinna muricata Linnaeus, clam, that sea turtles and megapodesare nesting on 1758 this past year in diving or dredging off Hono- Hawaiian Shell News accepts worldwide the beaches,and that the area serves as a nursery lulu," he writes. "Mother Nature completely de- shell dealers' advertising in good faith. Inclu- ground for fishes. stroyed these once extensive penshell beds without sion of advertisingin HSN, however, does not imply an endorsementof the advertiser. The marine group described the coral reef com- any help from man." Page 4 HAW AllAN SHELL NEWS July, 1988

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By HELEN DUSHANE. DIMENSIONS: Length 4 mm, width 1.8 mm (syntype). PARVISCALA C.F. GWRIOLA (MELVILL & TYPE MATERIAL: Paris Museum 2733, 2703 STANDEN, 1901) (syntypes). RANGE: Hawaii Is, ill; Aden, Red Sea. DESCRIPTION: Shell small, ovate-fusifonn, de- MATERIAL STUDIED: licate, white; protoconch 2 whorls, rounded opague; HemmesCollection: #33; one specimen,Puhi Bay, teleoconch7 whorls, rapidly expanding;sutures im- Hawaii Is, ill, matches well the type specimens pressed, deep; costae 27, hooked at suture, serru- of Parviscala gradilis (Jousseaume), length lated at edges,fragile, deciduous, 15-20 serrulations 5 mm, width 2 mm, 9 whorls, 10 costae(Figured each costaeedge, spiral sculpture easily seen with- specimen). #32, #34; four specimens, Puako out magnification, continuing into small umbilicus Boat Ramp, Hawaii Is, ill, 20 ft sediments. hidden by relected outer , 14-20 spirals on last ; round, lip reflected; operculum un- known. TYPE WCALITY: Gulf of Oman, Arabia. DIMENSIONS: Length 8 mm, width 3.5 mm (type). TYPE MATERIAL: British Museum (NH) 1901.12.9198-201. RANGE: Hawaii, Gulf of Oman, Arabia. MATERIAL STUDIED: Parviscala cf gloriola (Melvill & Standen, 1901), Burch Collection, Marnala Bay, Oahu Is, L II mIn, W 3 min. Burch Collection: Station 79043; one specimen, dredged 29-47 m, Mamala Bay, Oahu Is, HI, length 11 mm, width 3 mm, seemsto match well the type material in the British Museum (NH) and is placed here provisionally as Parviscala c.f. gloriola (Melvill & Standen, 1901). The Burch specimen is somewhat worn, with the aperture partially shattered.Length 11 mm, width 3 mm. DISCUSSION: This speciesis remarkablefor its frilled costae, shouldering, heavy spirals, and its beauty. The Kaicher Card Catalogueof Epitoniidae, 1980, Card Pack 23, #2326 has an excellent photo- graph of the type specimen.

REFERENCES CITED Parviscala gradilis (Jousseaume,1912), Hemmes Collec- Kaicher, S.D. 1980. Card Catalogue, Pack 23, tion #33, Puhi Bay, Hawaii Is, L 5 mm, W 2 mIn. #2326. DISCUSSION: Originally described as a Cris- Melvill, I.C. & R.S. Standen, 1901. "The Parviscala gloriolo (Melvill & Standen, 1901), BM(NH) poscala (Jousseaume, 1894), p 103, then changed to of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian type collection 1901. 12.9.198-210, L 8 mm, W 3.5 mIn. the genus Avalitiscala with the type species Av- Sea as evidencedmainly through the collection of After Kaicher 198O,#2326. alitiscala avalites Jousseaume, 1912 (OD), type lo- Mr. F.W. Townsend 1883-1900with descriptions cality Red Sea; this is an artificial genus name. A. of new species." ProceedingsZoological Society gradilis fits into the genus Parviscala much better. of London. 11:327-260, pIs 21-24. Since. there may be confusion with the same generic MS name of deBoury, I choose to use Parviscala PARVISCALA GRADIUS (JOUSSEAUME, 1912) with this species name. Thiele (1925) lists it as an DESCRIPTION: Shell small, length 5 mm, Asperiscala which is a synonym of Parviscala. width 2 mm, thick, off-white; protoconch 2 whorls, Jousseaume (1912: 223) compared his small Av- glassy; teleoconch 7 whorls, conical; costae 10, aliliscala audouini, also from the Red Sea, with slightly reflexed, layered, appearingcrusty and old, Parviscala gradilis stating that it was difficult to with a blunt, reflexed crenate coronation near the separate the two, but the former has a higher spired suture, strong spiral sculpturebetween costae plainly shell with narrower, thinner costae. visible, 19-23 on last whorl; suture impressed;aper- REFERENCES CITED ture round with a wide peristome, sharp lip corona- Boury, E. de, 1887. "Etude sur les sous genres tion near suture;operculum unknown. Scalidae du bassin de Paris." Comptoir TYPE LOCALITY: Aden, Red Sea. Geologique de Paris, 43 pp. Jousseaume, F.P. Ie Dr., 1894. "Diagnose des 'Research Associate, Los Angeles County Museum of Nat- Parviscala gradilis (Jousseaume, 1912), Paris Museum, ura! History. Los Anl!eles. CA 90007. syntype2733. After Kaicher 1981, #3100. (Cont'd on Pa2e 5) July, 1988 HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS Page 5

Parviscala paumotensis (Pease, 1867), lectotype: ANSP Parviscala symmetrica (Pease, 1867), ho1otype: ANSP Parviscala symmetrica (Pease, 1867), DuShaneCollection, 19581,L 9 mIn, W 4 min. 19586,L 8 Inm, W 4 Inm. Kauai Is, HI, collected D. Wageman, 1983, L 12 mm, W 4mm.

coquilles de nouveaux mollusques." Bulletin MATERIAL STUDIED: PARVlSCALA SYMMETRICA (PEASE, 1867) Societe Philom. VI:98-105. (This paper is scien- Burch Collection: Station 75017; one specimen,off DESCRIPTION: Shell solid, white, acuminate; tifically questionablefide Zoological Record V.31 Puuhonua Point, Hawaii Is, 72 m, sand, 1975, protoconch 5 whorls, glassy, 6th whorl down shows (1894).) length 3.5 mm, width 1.5 mm; Station 81005; sculpture; teleoconch 4 whorls, convex; suture mod- -, 1911 [1912]. "Faune malacologiquede la Mer one specimen, Mamala Bay, Oahu Is (S. side), erately deep; costae 14-16, thick, slightly recurved, Rouge." Extrait des Memoires de la Societe 81 m, sand, 1981, length 4.5 mm, width 2 mm. continuous over suture, fine, transverse striae be- Zoologique c;ieFrance. 24:180-246, pis 5-7. Hemmes Collection: One specimen, Sand Is, Oahu tween costae; thick, somewhat expanded Kaicher, S.D., 1981. Card Catalogue, Pack 30, Is, HI, dredged72 m, length 4 mm, width 2 mm. at base; aperture nearly circular, non-umbilicate. #3100. Puako, Hawaii Is (W. side), 17 specimens, 6 Hawaiian specimens measure length 3-12 mm, Viele, J., 1925. " de~ Deutshen inches in sediments, 1985. Puhi Bay, Hawaii Is width 1.5-4 rom. Tiefsee-Expedition." IIteil Wiss. Erg. D. Tief- (E. side), 10 specimens,20-30 ft in sediments, TYPE LOCALITY: Tahiti. see Expedition 17, 2:36-382, pis xiii-xlvi. length 3-4.5 mm, width 1.5-2.5 mm. Note: One DIMENSIONS: Length 8 mm, width 3 mm specimenlive taken with operculum. (holotype). DuShane Collection: 30 specimens collected TYPE MATERIAL: ANSP 19586 (holotype). PARVISCALA PAUMOTENSIS (PEASE, 1867) Goldsmith intertidally ,. Puhi Bay, Hawaii Is, RANGE: Hawaii, Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian length 2-5 mm, width 1-2 mm. Kauai Is, col- DESCRIPTION: Shell sturdy, thick, small, Ocean). lected D. Wageman intertidaIly, four specimens, acuminate, white; protoconch 4 whorls, glassy, MATERIAL STUDIED: 1971, length 4-5.1 mm, width 1.75-2 mm, ex J. rounded, fifth protoconch whorl shows evidence of Burch Collection: Station 80027; one specimen, McDowall Collection. early costae;teleoconch 5-7 whorls, rounded; costae Mamala Bay, Oahu Is, HI, 270 m, sand and Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County: 7-10, stout, recurved, joining costae above and rid- coral, 1980, length 3 mm, width 1.5 rom. Seven lots from Okinawa, Guam, Tuamoto Ar- ing into moderately deep suture, spiral threads be- DuShane Collection: One specimen, Fort Kameha- chipelago, new Guinea, Australia, Thailand, tween costaerequire magnification, fine, raised, ap- meha Reef, Hickam Air Force Base, Oahu Is, HI, Pakistan. proximately 50 on last whorl; lip entire, slightly no other data, length 8 rom, width 4 rom; two reflected near left side of aperture, aperture nearly DISCUSSION: A label in with the lectotype, specimens, Kauai Is, HI, collected D. Wageman, circular, non-umbilicate; operculum round, brown. determined by Paul Semanko, 1981, states, "No 1983, length 7-12 mm, width 3.5-4 mm, ex Hawaiian specimens measure length 2-5.1 mm, locality data on original label, although species is McDowall Collection. width 1-2 mm. endemic to Tuamoto Archipelago (Paumoto)." The DISCUSSION: A sturdy little shell, easily iden- TYPE LOCALITY: Paumoto (Tuamoto Ar- species is very common intertidally on the "Big tified, apparently not common. A specimen chipelago). Island" of Hawaii. The very fine spirals between (DuShane Collection) is figured to show that a few DIMENSIONS: Length 9 mm, width 4 mm (lec- costae, requiring magnification, were apparentlyun- specimens have fewer costae than normal. totype). noticed by Pease who reported the species found REFERENCES CITED TYPE MATERIAL: ANSP 19581, lectotype with Scalaria replicata Sowerby, 1844 at the Maes, V.O., 1%7. "The littoral marine mollusks of selected by H. Rehder but never published; desig- Tuamoto Archipelago. Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean)." Proc. nated herein by DuShane. Two specimens re- Academy of Nat. Sci., Philadelphia 119(4):93- cataloguedANSP 352473. REFERENCE CITED 217,26 pis. RANGE: Hawaii, Okinawa, Tuamoto Ar- Pease, W.H., 1867. "Descriptions of Sixty-five Pease, W.H., 1867. "Descriptions of Sixty-five chipelago, Guam, New Guinea, Australia, Thailand, New Species of Marine GasteropodaeInhabiting New Species of Marine Gasteropodae Inhabiting Pnlvnp.;" " 4.m~.. Tn..,"" r'nn..h ~.?71_?Q7 Pakistan. '-""_0'_' '-"-"d--""~-"~"'-'-"-". Polvnesia." Amer. .Journ. Conch. 3:271-297. Page 6 HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS July, 1988

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By JOANNA CARDINALI periods of starvation. Studies show that individuals LONG ISLAND, NY - Part of the excitementof can live up to a month without food. a fishing trip far offshore is the possibility of Specialists or not, even the most effective pre- encountering many strange and wonderful , dators must be preparedto face unsuccessfuldays. large and small, unlikely to be seen elsewhere. In our case, it was fortunate that Clione limacina Early last August, I had the opportunity to travel happenedby becausethe naked sea butterfly pro- more than 25 miles offshore with three friends on a vided the most excitement we had that day in Au- shark-fishing excursion. We had run southeastfrom gust. As it turned out, our preferred prey species Fire Island Inlet, NY. The weather was particularly were not to be found and we returned to shore pleasantthat day - clear skies, no wind, flat sur- empty handed, except for the memory of an unex- face - ideal for creaturewatching. pectedmeeting with an interestinglittle animal. The exceptionally calm and clear water made it easy to see many planktonic organismswhose trans- SPEAKING OF BOOKS parency renders them nearly invisible in more dis- turbed conditions. A variety of ctenophores and CARD CATALOGUE OF WORLD-WIDE hydromedusaedrifted by us, and occasionallya col- SHELLS PACK 51 OLIVIDAE PART III. Sally orfullion's manejellyfish would pulse past, shelter- Diana Kaicher, ed., St Petersburg, FL. $12 + post- ing a group of tiny fish within its tentacles. age. The indefatigable Sally Kaicher has published the By far the most apparentmembers of the plankton --~~ ~ at this location were hundreds of minute juvenile first of two promised card packs dealing with Oliva bailer, we could not have guessedat the fearsome crabs paddling vigorously in the upper ten centime- that requires the showing of as much detail as pos- array of hooks and grappling equipment hidden in- ters of the water column. As I leaned over the side sible. As a consequence, Pack No 51 features en- side its tiny head. These tools are necessary to to scoop a few crabs out of the water for closer larged and multiple views of apices, apertures and capture and consume its favored prey, which are inspection, something brilliant orange caught my spires. two species of shelled sea butterflies, Limacina eye. I turned to focus on a tiny gelatinouscreature "Some species, subspecies and varieties have retroversa and Limacina helicina. Close relatives of slowly cruising along, propelling itself by gracefully been considered controversial or have been over- Clione, these herbivorous animals have similar flapping a pair of winglike appendages. looked completely because the original descriptions, winglike swimming organs, but carry a shell for My excited cries causedall shark fishing efforts if any, were inadequate," she notes. "The illus- protection. Laboratory studies have demonstrated to be suspendedtemporarily while my friends and I trations in some cases were [so poor] that possibly that starved Clione, even when presentedwith an captured this strange looking creature. None of us characteristic details were omitted or obscured." abundanceof other possible food organisms, will had ever seen anything like it. Using the bailer as Ms Kaicher has gone to the depositories of many selectand eat only live Limacina. of the controversial types and photographed them - an aquarium we took turns examining it and puzzl- Although Clione can recognize its preferred prey ing over its identity and origin. Was it a nudi- often from several viewpoints. Oliva fanciers are by tactile means,it is not clear whether it can sense branch?A salp? The larval form of somethingelse? likely to find identification a bit simpler as a result. its prey at a distance. Some scientistsbelieve that it No one knew for sure. Coming next is Pack No 52, dealing with the may be sensitiveto vibrations in the water generated Our mystery guest was about 40 mm in length, Turbinidae. by the distinctive swimming motions of Limacina. soft-bodiedand colorlessexcept for its bright orange SL When the naked sea butterfly does meet a suitable internal organs and a splash of orange pigmentation organism, a fierce attack ensues. On contact, the at the posterior tip. A pair of antennaliketentacles lucklessLimacina is graspedfmnly by six adhesive sprouted from the head region. These, along with i tentaclesprotruded from the mouth of Clione. These the ever-beating' 'wings," served to inspire the ; prehensileorgans, called buccal cones,grip the shell common name of this animal, as we were to dis- ; 1 of Limacina and maneuver it into position for ex- ! cover the next day. A brief trip through the pagesof traction of the animal. Two sets of chitinous hooks Gosner's Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore are then thrust into the body of the victim. As the revealed that the animal we had met was Clione hooks are retracted, the flesh of Limacina is pulled limacina, the naked seabutterfly. slowly into the predator'sesophagus. Clione limacina is a memberof the phylum Mol- After ingestion is completed, the empty shell is lusca, order Gymnosomata- a group of oceanic releasedand sinks to join countlessothers, forming gastropodscharacterized by the absenceof a shell a deep ocean sediment layer known as pteropod and the modification of the muscular foot into a pair ooze. of winglike parapodiaspecialized for swimming. It Becauseof its lifestyle as a specialized feeder, is normally an inhabitant of Arctic and sub-Arctic it's not surprising to discover that the life cycle of waters, sometimesin aggregationsdense enough to the naked sea butterfly is closely coupled with that interest foraging baleenwhales. Adults range in size of its preferred prey species.They both spawn dur- from 5 to 70 mm, the largestspecimens being in the ing the spring and fall phytoplankton blooms and coldest waters. --~ the young hatch nearly simultaneouslyat the same The apparentfragility of the naked sea butterfly These Conus amodis (Gmelin, 1791) were trawled in 80 to depth. For some time thereafter, they are moved 120 m in the Andaman Sea off Ranong, west coast of effectively conceals its predatory nature. As we along together by the currents, ensuring Clione of Thailand, in March 1988. HMS member Henry Roussy watched our little friend swimming circles in the reports it is very rare to obtain a specimencarrying eggs an adequatesupply of food. If separation occurs, (three ranks of capsulesunder shoulder of right specimen). "FromUnderwater Naturalist August 1986. adult Clione must be able to tolerate extended Photo:Roussy Page 8 HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS July, 1988

SHELLS FOR SALE SHELLETTER PHUKET, THAILAND seemsto be a tendency for some shells, especially I read with interest Mr. A.J. DaMotta's article, deepwater populations, to greatly extend the "Look-alike Sympatric Cones Can Be Different and vaguely resembleC. excelsusin outline." Species," and have the following comments: My opinion is not based on one or two dozen Mr. DaMotta must have overlooked my report shells, but on about 10,000Conus amadis collected and photos of hybrid specimensof Conusfigulinus by shrimp trawlers of which about 28 were C. and C. loroisii in the November 1986 HSN P 3. amadis arbonatalis. Even though he illustrated C. arbonatalis In other words, C. amadis and family have a MIQUE'S MOLLUSCS PH. (703) 347-3839 DaMotta, 1978 in Cone Shells of Thailand (1979) geographical distribution from north of Phuket, 1324 WESTMORELAND DRIVE pi 2 no. 20-21, DaMotta now says that they are Thailand to the GangesRiver. WARRENTON, VIRGINIA 22186 "collected by Thai trawlers fishing in Burmese I'm not a taxonomist, but being on the spot and Top quality, Low prices Free lists - U.S. waters and nowhereelse." having seensuch large quantities, my personalopin- $1.00 - Foreign Shrimp trawlers have increasedin numbersdue to ion is that C. arbonatalis is only a form of C. greater demand becauseof rising standardof living amadis. of the Thai people and tourist demand. They have moved out from Thai seawaters mainly to the north of the Bay of Bengal, "near" Bangladesh, more precisely near the mouth of the GangesRiver where shrimps are abundant, rather than into Burmese waterswhere they face arrest.

Two Conus amadis and two C. arbonatalis showing rela- tionships. Photos:Roussy

I maintain the view stated in HSN November 1987 p 5 that C. arbonatalis is in the C. amadis "family. I now add that C. arbonatalis has nothing --_c=

to d o th C b Ie . I o th W 11 Top row COII"S bellgalellsis; bottom row COII"S ar- 0 WI . eRgo nslS. agree WI a so, bollQlDlis. 1979, in Cone Shells p 79 who wrote, "There also Henry PoRoussy

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Aft deck of trawler showing net and otter boards(which keep mouth of net open). View of trawler at sea. Photos:Irving & Johnson,Cape Town.

By OLIVE PEEL opercula with the correct shells. If I wanted to Claviscala terebralioides Kilburn, 1975 Columbarium eastwoodaeKilburn, 1971 DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - In 1895 Dr. cheat, I could in any casestick an operculumwith a Columbarium radiale Watson, 1882 J.D.F. Gilchrist, a marine biologist, was responsible shell, but I prefer to let the collector use his own Columbarium subconlractum Sowerby, 1902 method of sticking the operculum to the shell. How Conus eucoronatus Sowerby, 1903 for persuadingthe Cape [South Africa] Government Conusfigulinus Linnaeus, 1758 to build a special vessel to do a survey on the would he know that particular shell does not have Conus iane Fulton, 1938 its correct operculum? Conus kinoshitai Kuroda, 1956 marine life off the South African coast. The trawler Conus natalis Sowerby, 1857 Pieter Faure was built in Scotland in 1897 for that The other day I received a bag of Glycymeris Conus orbignyi elokismenosKilburn, 1973 queketti from a trawler. How excited I was for this Conus teremachii Kuroda, 1956 purpose. Surveyswere carried out from the Cape of Conus tessu/atusBorn, 1778 Good Hope to the Tugela River north of Durban, rare occurrence to come my way. I counted 32 Conus typhon Kilburn, 1975 extending 24 miles from shore. By 1900 a detailed halves but, alas, they were all the same half. Conus visagenusKilburn, 1974 Conus zulu Petuch, 1979 survey of the Cape waterswas completf:d. Somewhere,perhaps a bag of the other halves is Cymatium cutaceum africanum A Adams, 1854 Many of the world's rarest shells come from our floating around. Someonesuggested I advertise! So Cymatium parthenopeum von Salis, 1793 Cymatium ranzani Bionconi, 1851 coast. Every day brings requestsfrom overseascol- I am. So whoever you are and wherever you are, if Cypraea connelli Liltved, 1983 lectors for our exoticas. Alas, these shells are few you have the other halves, maybe we can make a Cypraeacruickshanki Kilburn, 1972 Cypraeafultoni Sowerby, 1903 deal half of my halves for half of yours! and far between. When a local collector is lucky - Cypraealamarcki Gray, 1825 enoughto come upon one of these rarities, he/sheis Distorsia anus Linnaeus, 1758 Distorsio perdistorta Fulton, 1938 reluctant to part with it, and rightly so! TRAWLED SHELLS MOZAMBIQUE TO TRANSKEI Distarsia reticu/ata Roding, 1798 For the interest of collectors who would like to Alora repunculus Kilburn, 1975 Distorsia smithi von Maltzan, 1884 Epitonium bullatum Sowerby, 1844 know what we find off our coast, I give a list of the Amalda contusa Reeve, 1864 Amalda obtusa Swainson, 1825 Epitonium edgari Bourcy, 1912 shells which a few of us have obtained over the Amalda similis Sowerby, 1859 Epitonium neglectum Adams and Reeve, 1850 Euciroa eburnea Wood, Mason and Alcock, 1891 years. It is possible that collectors we don't know Amalda trachyzonus Kilburn, 1975 Anadara natalensis Krauss, 1848 Eudolium crosseanumMonterosata, 1869 have species not mentioned here. We also have Architectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914 Eudolium pyriforme Sowerby, 1914 Ficus ficus Linnaeus, 1767 many unnamedspecies in our collections. Architectonica maxima Philippa, 1849 Architectonica perspectiva Linnaeus, 1758 Ficus subintermedia 0 'Orbigny, 1852 It is difficult to find out the exact locality and Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 Flavamussium caducum Smith, 1885 depth trawled, so it is not unusual to see on our Argonauta boettgeri van Maltzan, 1881 Fusinus colus Linnaeus, 1758 Argonauta nodusus Lightfoot, 1786 Fusinus tuberculatus Lamarck, 1822 locality data slips "offDurban" or "offNatal." Babelmurex capensisTomlin, 1928 Fusinus verruculatus Lamarck, 1822 One collector down the coast was horrified that I Babelomurex lischkeanus Dunker, 1882 Fusitriton magellanicus murrayi E A Smith, 1891 Babylonia pulchrelineata Kilburn, 1973 Fusivolata barnardi Rehder, 1969 sent him shells with loose opercula, for he said that Bathytoma helenae Kilburn, 1974 Fusivoluta blaizei (Barnard, 1959) he insisted on the correct operculum being with the Bathytoma regnans Melville, 1918 Fusivoluta pyrrhostoma (Watson, 1882) Bathytoma visagei Kilburn, 1973 Fusivoluta wesselsiKIlburn, 1980 correct shell. That is all very well, I said, when BenthoclioneUajenneri Kilburn, 1974 Fusus bonaespeiBarnard, 1959 only a few specimenscome up, but what happens Bolma andersoni E A Smith, 1902 Fusus cratis Kilburn, 1973 Bolma gattoto gilchristi Sowerby, 1903 Gemmula cosmoi E A Smith, 1894 when you get a bag with 50 specimensof the same Bullia annulato Lamarck, 1816 Gemmula gilchristi Sowerby, 1903 species. Some gems have no opercula, some grotty Bullia natolensis Krauss, 1848 Gemmula kieneri Doumet, 1840 Gemmula lobata Sowerby, 1903 shells have opercula, and there are some lying loose Bullia mozambicensisE A Smith, 1877 Bullia tenuis Reeve, 1846 Gemmula thielei Finlay, 1930 in the bag among all the dead flesh. Then this lot cornutus Linnaeus, 1758 Gemmula unedo Kiener, 1839 Gemmula webberaeKilburn, 1975 has to be cleanedtoo, some needing severalwashes Bufonaria crumenoidesValenciennes, 1832 Bufonaria folioto Broderip, 1825 Glycemerisqueketti Sowerby, 1897 before they are properly cleaned, some taking Bursa cruentata Sowerby, 1841 Harpa major Roding, 1798 weeks. In this case it is impossible to keep the Bursa ranelloides Reeve, 1844 Harpa ventricosa Lamarck, 1816 Calliostoma scotti Kilburn, 1973 Heliacus stramineus Gmelin, 1791 Charonia lampus pustulato Euthyme, 1889 Kanamarua rehderi Kilburn, 1977 *21 ClarkRd, Duman4001, S.A. Chlamysfultoni Sowerby. 1904 (Cont'd on Page 11) Page 10 HAW AllAN SHELL NEWS July, 1988

You can't be present for the HMS Shell Auction Price in Honolulu on 12 November? And you want to Lot # Species lAIC. mm. Grade Range take advantage of the bargains? And to support the 470 Conus articulatus Oki 14 Fine $45-55 Society's Scholarship Fund? It's not to worry. 446A C. dusaveli Oki 61 Gem $80-300 As in previous years, HMS will accept mail-in 446B C. dusaveli Oki 61 Gem $80-300 bids for a selection of the most desirable specimens. 446C C. dusaveli Oki 58 Gem $80-300 A preliminary list of available shells follows. 115 C. hamanni Egp 17 Gem $350-1000 Mail-in bids will be accepted beginning on 1 113 C. harlandi HODd 19.5 Gem w/o $35-75 July. State your highest bid for each shell you want 114 C. harlandi HODd 20 Gem w/o $35-75 in a letter to HMS Auction Committee, P.O. Box 449B C. moluccensis Oki 45 Gem $40-125 22130, Honolulu, HI 96822. A member of the 467 C. otohimeae Oki 17 Fine $35-60 committee will bid for you up to that price. 462 C. shepmani Oki 26 Fine $12-50 Do NOT sent money now. You will receive a bill 117A Cymbiolaca marispuma Java 110 Fine $137-225 if you are successful. The shell will be mailed on 117B C. marispuma Java 109 Fine $137-225 receipt of your check. 117C C. marispuma Java 108 Fine $137-225 The committee has graded the offerings in accor- 105 Gym. boschi Oman 71 Gem w/o $9-25 dance with the HMS International Shell Grading 106 C. ranzani Oman 164 Gem w/o $35-90 Standards, to the best of its ability. If the specimen 443 Gyp.beckii Oki 12 Gem $12-28 does not come up to expectations, you may return it 109 C. capensis S Afr 30 Gem $80-135 for a refund. 444A C. cernica(2) Oki 27 sl. juv $8-35 Most of the prices noted are taken from Tom 444C C. cernica(2) Oki 26,28 sl. juv $8-35 Rice's 1987 (ninth edition) Catalog of Dealers' 102 C. cervus FL 77 Gem $5-15 Prices. They reflect retail offerings, of course. Use 110 C. cervus FL III Gem $25-35 of a figure in parentheses, as (2), indicates a "lot." 110A C. cervus FL 104 Gem $25-35 110B C. cervus FL 107 Gem $25-35 SL 100 C. friendii Aust 88 Gem $35-150 101 C. teulerei Oman 50 Gem $4-20 Patronize HSN Advertisers 402 Lig. fasciatusaurantius FL 44 Gem $5-12 401 L. f. barbouri FL 46 Gem $6 Will sellon a bid (on the highest price offered) Cyp. 400 L. f. castaneozonatus FL langfordi mortonensis, super gem 57 mm, and Cyp. 51 Gem $7.50 leucedon, beauty, gem. 403 L. f. dryas FL 53 Gem $12-20 Address: 417 Marg. nebulosa SAfr 38 Gem $12-45 I. YEROSLAVSKY 438A Mitra earlei Haw 15 Fine $20-40 P.O. Box 85 Beer Yaacov, 70300, ISRAEL 438B M. earlei Haw 16.5 Gem $20-40 . 439 Vex. mirabile Oki 55 Gem $20-45 432 Murex martinetana Ojci 19 Gem w/o $10-25 W. S. STETSON, INC. 433 SPECIMEN AND COMMERCIAL SHELLS M. rossiteri Oki 49 Gem $50-60 WHOLESALE ONLY 435 M. rossiteri Oki 44 Gem $50-60 P.O. Box 309, WANCHESE, N.C. 27981 436 M. rossiteri Oki 33 Gem $50-60 TELEPHONE (919) 473-2976 Located on North Carolina's outer banks. Two huge 426 M. saulae Oki 91 Gem w/o $10-45 warehouses. We ship, or come and take it with you. We 427 M. saulae Oki 84 Gem w/o $10-45 also buy common and specimen shells. 428 M. saulae Oki 86 Gem w/o $10-45 104 Pleurotomaria africana NW Aus 103 Gem $175-350 PERSONAL ADS 107 Strombus listeri India 109 Gem $7-12 111 Voluta junonia FL 101 Fine+ $7.50-15 Use HSN Personal Ads. Three dollars per 25 116 V. musica Tobago 65 Fine $10-25 words, plus name and address. One time only! 108 V. viriscens Nic 80 Gem $3-20 Dealers please use display ads. 497-8 Ctenocardia victor (2) Oki 46,52 Gem $10-35 * * * * * 500-1 C. victor (2) Oki 45 Gem $10-25 Wanted: Species of the Epitoniidae which are 112 Pecten nodosus FL 91 Gem $3-15 rare, beuatiful, or different, especially Stenorytis 502 Spondylus american us FL 85 Gem $15-25 turbinum. I am willing to purchase or trade. Viv- ienne B. Snith, 16331 Porto Bello St., Bokeelia, Florida 33922. ***** Disposing of many Cypraeafriendii, C. thersites, C. rosselli, C. marginata,C. venusta,C. vercoi and C. decipiens.I desireto exchangethem for Interested in acquiring extra-large and extra small other Cypraea, Volutes and Pleurotomoaries. Dalla Thatcheria mi~bilis Angas, 1877. Have large and Libera Marta, Via Madonnetta N° 6/A, 35001 Cam- wide-varied trade list. Dr. E.A. Dunlap, RDI, Box podarsego (Padova), Italy. 416, Rhinebeck,NY 12572. July, 1988 HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS Page 11

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Acknowledgement:Photographs by R.N. Kilburn from An- (Cont'd from Page 9) nals of the Natal Museum (1915) vol 22(2) and The Nautilus (1915) vol 89(2). Latiaxis kawamurai helenae Azuma, 1974 lAtiaxis nakamigawai io Kilburn, 1974 Latirus abnormis Sowerby, 1894 lAtirus elsiae Kilburn, 1975 LinateUa caudatum Gme1in, 1791 Lophiotomaacuta Perry, 1811 Lophiotoma indica Roding, 1798 Lyria africana (Reeve, 1856) Lyria duponti Weaver, 1968 Lyria ponsonbyi (E.A. Smith, 1901) Lyria queketti (E.A. Smith, 1901) Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822 MurexfaUax E A Smith, 1901 Murex litos Vokes, 1978 Murex purdyae Radwin & O'Attilio, 1976 Murextrapa Roding, 1798 Metula bosweUaeKilburn, 1975 Morum praeclarum Melvil1, 1919 Mactra aequisulcata Sowerby, 1894 Melapium elatum Schubert& Wagner, 1829 Nassarius bicollosus Smith, 1876 Nassarius conoidalis Deshayesin Belanger, 1832 Nassarius desmoulioidesSowerby, 1903 Nassaria gracilis Sowerby, 1903 Nassarius vinctus Marratt, 1877 Natica hilario Sowerby, 1914 Natica onca Roding, 1778 Natica similis Montfort, 1810 Gemmula congener webberaeKilburn, 1975, holotype. Natica simplex Sowerby, 1897 Nivitriton fictilis Hinds, 1844 Oocorys keyteri Kilburn, 1975, ho1otype. Oochyrus keyteri Kilburn, 1975 Pecten maximus sulcicostatus Sowerby, 1842 Peristerniaforskolii leucothea Melville, 1891 Perotrochusafricanus Tomlin, 1948 Phalium bisulcata Schubert& Wagner, 1829 Phalium craticulatum Schubert& Wagner, 1829 Phalium faurotis Jousseaume,1888 Pholium glaucum Linnaeus, 1758 Phalium iredole Bayer, 1935 Pholium latiatum zeylanicum Lamarck, 1822 Phalium microstoma von Martens, 1903 Phenacovolvakilburni Cate, 1975 Polinices didyma Roding, 1798 Ptychalractusyoungi Kilburn, 1975 Purpura panama Roding, 1798 RaneUaaustrolasia gemmifera Euthyme, 1889 RaneUaolearium Linnaeus, 1758 Solariella agulhasensisThiele, 1925 Solariella laevissima von Martens, 1881 Solariella meyeri Kilburn, 1973 SteUariasolaris Linnaeus, 1767 Stilifer linkiae Sarasin Strombus luhuanus Linnaeus, 1758 Tectus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767 Terebra bothyraphe Smith, 1875 Terebra textilis Hinds, 1844 Terebra conspersaHinds, 1844 TerebrafOl1unei Deshayes,1857 Metula boswellae Kilburn, 1975, holotype. TonnaaUium Dillwyn, 1817 Tonna golea tenebrosa Hanley, 1859 Tonna sulcosa Born, 1778 Tonna tesseUataLamarck, 1816 Opaiia (Clavisca/a) terebratoides Kilburn, 1975, holotype. Tonna variegata Lamarck, 1822 Trachycardium rubicundum Reeve, 1844 Trivia (triveUa) colvariola Kilburn, 1980 Trivia costata Gmelin, 1791 Trivia (triveUa)splendidissima Tomlin & Schilder, 1934 Trivia suavis Schilder, 1931 Tropidoturrisfossota Sowerby, 1903 Tugurium giganteum Schepman,1909 Turrancilla akotistes Kilburn, 1980 Turritella declivis Adams & Reeve, 1848 TurriteUa sanguinea Reeve, 1849 Turritella kowiensis Sowerby, 1900 Vetricardium bumupi Sowerby, 1899 Volutocorbis abyssicola(Adams & kreeve, 1848 Volutocorbis bosweUaeRehder, 1969 Volutocorbis disparilis Rehdedr, 1969 Volutocorbis gilchristi (Sowerby, 1902) Volutocorbis glabrata Kilburn, 1971 Volutocorbis lutosa Koch, 1948 Volutocorbis kilburni Rehder, 1974 Volutocorbis nana Rehder, 1974 Xenophora pallidula Reeve, 1843 with Columbarium Volutocorbis semirugata Rehder& Weaver, 1974 etlstwoodae Kilburn, 1971, Gemmula webberae Kilburn, Xenophora corrugata Reeve, 1843 1975, and Phalium craticulatum Schubert & Wagner, Xenophora poilidula Reeve, 1843 Morum praeclarum Me1vill, 1919. 1829. Page 12 HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS July, 1988

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By TWILA BRATCHER* LOS ANGELES - While scubadiving off Angel de la Guarda Island in the Gulf of California at about eleven meters, I found a spectacularSpon- dylus cakifer Carpenter, 1857. Except for juvenile specimens,most shells of this species are quite unattractive with stubby eroded brownish spines. This one has long broad perfect yellow spines and a wide band of purple on the inside margin bordered by a band of bright yellow flat spines. This Spondylus was found nearly buried in sand where the rocky reef meetsthe sand. I think that protectedit from erosion.

*8121 Mulholland Terrace, Hollywood, CA 90046.

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