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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park TIDAL WAVE'S 'GIFT' Great Barrier Reef Marine Park An Indian Ocean tsunami or "tidal wave" is credited with delivering specimensof a new Buna speciesto the feet of malacologistManfred Blocher By BLANCHE BOORMAN while visiting northwesternMalagasy (Madagascar) ROCKHAMPrON, QLND - The first section a couple of years ago. of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park officially HMS memberBlocher and Heinrich Muhlhausser, came into existencelate in October 1979, when the both of West Germany,have namedthe new species declaration was published in the Australian Tutufa nigrita. They describedit in the November Commonwealth Gazette. 1979 issue of Spixiana. To be known as the Capricorn Section, the new The holotype of B. nigrita Muhlhausser & park comprises the southern portion of the Barrier Blocher has been deposited in the Munich State Reef which has the largest number of cays and Zoological Collection. A paratype was sent to the atolls. The central section is mainly submerged Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu. reefs. Only from Townsville northward doesthe reef The type locality is "outside the Grand Recif at again approachthe coastline and the cays and atolls Tuleare. southwesternMadagascar..' The range is again becomeaccessible. said to be from the Maldive Islands to the East The Capricorn Section was declaredfirst because African coastnear Dar-es-Salaam,Tanzania. it was closest to centers of population. Being rea- In a personal letter to HSN Associate Editor sonably accessible,the islands are the most used - Elmer Leehman accompanyingthe paratype for the or perhaps, in these days of fast launches, "over- Bishop Museum, Blocher reported some of the used" is a better word. circumstancesof his find. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority "In mid-September 1978, strong ground swells proposesto close some parts completely for use as - evidently causedby a 'seaquake'in the Mozam- undisturbed control areas. Other islands would be bique Channel - washed shells onto the Grand open to the public on a rotational basis. Permitswill Recif at Tuleare," he wrote. "Some were shells be necessaryfor anyonewishing to camp. never seen there before, or only as an occasional The Marine Park Authority has invited interested worn beachspecimen. personsto make representationsregarding the plan. "Tutufa Jous~eaume,1881, was raised to genus This was intended to give prospectivepark users a rank by Opinion 1034 in the Bulletin of Zoological era! constant respects- mainly by the structure of chance to be heard on their ideas for using and Nomenclature No. 33 in 1977. its columella, which has yellowish prominent plica- controlling the area. The results will be gazetted "Tutufa nigrita is the fourth known species to tions, the interstices filled with blackish brown, about April, when we will again have a chanceto occur in the Indian Ocean. It is closestto T. rubita which characteristicwas responsiblefor the name of be heardbefore the final plan is put into effect. Linne, 1758, from which T. nigrita differs in sev- the new species." Needlessto say, shell collectors are hoping that some collecting will be permitted, although the in- evitability of a bag limit is generally accepted.How to arrive at a limit for shells must be quite a prob- lem for the Park Authority people. We know that counts have been made of sedentaryfish, so that comparisonsbetween rarely used and regularly used areas should be relatively simple. Not so with shells, however. Since the islands are about 60 miles off the coast from here, we are hopeful that some camping will be permitted. Numbers, however, must be strictly controlled. Many families in this area spend their vacations camping on the reef islands. I know a number of young people who have been regular visitors since they were two or three years old. They have grown up with a great love for the reef and its inhabitants, Tut~fa nigrita paratype Photo: Blocher and a stron2 wish that it be preserved. Page2 HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS March. 1980 '7Ia~atiale SIr;ett 1teett4- ISSN 0017-8624 The U.S. AssociatedPress Almanac describesthe you know of anyone?" EditorEmeritus """"".,.,."".".""""""",.., E.R. CROSS Republic of South Africa as "a shining, pleasant Any takers?Write directly to Clark Brean, 705 E. Editor STUARTLILLICO land (with) broad vistas of high veldt, seacoast, Sherman,Lebanon, OR 97355. AssociateEditors ELMERLEEHMAN. OLIVE desert and mountains." Its area is put at 471,800 SCHOENBERG.GEORGE CAMPBELL A Shell By Any Other Name, , . ScienceAdvisor E. ALISONKAY square miles - a little less than twice the size of ScienceConsultant W. O. CERNOHORSKY our State of Texas - and the population is in the "As an amateur collector stuck in the unrealistic Editorial Staff Lyman Higa. Cliff Weaver range of 25,000,000. Another vital statistic is that it rut of thinking that mollusks are biological creatures CorrespondingEditors: Fr. AI LopezS.J., which should be studied and named with some sci- Rick Luther, William E. Old Jr., has something like 2,500 miles of coastline, about Peter van Pel, Thora Whitehead equally divided between the warm waters of the entific care, I read with interest the suggestionby Charles Cardin (HSN Nov. 1979)that we encourage Indian Ocean and the often tempestuousSouth At- HAWAIIANMALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY collectors and dealers to give new names to shells (Founded in 1941) lantic. p a Box 10391 Honoiulu, Hawaii 96816 Among other commendablefeatures, South Africa which vary in color or form from other shells of the same species," wrote long-time HMS member Ed President """""."."".'.""""."""""'" OR. TOM BURCH is notable for some expert shellersand for a number Vice President JOHNEARLE of famous shell collections. This is the more re- Womack from Lompoc, California. Treasurer WESTHORSSON markablefor the fact that the total number of collec- Womack, it should be added, is a refugee from RecordingSec'y LIZ KANE tors is not large. The advancedstate of malacology Hawaii, where he was a frequentdiving and shelling CorrespondingSec'y OLIVESCHOENBERG buddy of Society officers for several years. So we Directore there is a tribute to their dedication. GEORGECAMPBELL RAY McKINSEY In the light of this relatively small number of tend to pay close attention to his remarks, however WM. CHRISTENSEN MIKEOWENS participants, it was with some misgivings that HSN hotly they may be delivered. EOOUNHAM TOM RICHERT Oct. 1979 reported a break-away from the well- "At first, I wonderedif Cardin could be serious. BRUCEHOOK OOROTHYWENOT How could the proliferation of names simplify the STUARTLILLICO KEITHZEILINGER establishedConchological Society of SouthernAfrica taxological situation for amateurs who cannot The Society meets the first Wednesday of each month at the and formation of a Natal Shell Club. As it turns out, Hawaii National Guard headquarters, Diamond Head Road the new group was indeed formed, but the Con- rememberthe thousandsof namesalready in use? & 22nd Avenue, Honolulu at 7:30 p.m. chological Society remains alive and well. Reason- "Then I realized that Cardin is very serious, and VISITORS WELCOME! ably amicable relations betweenthe two bodies ap- for good reason. He wrote that he is 'not (yet) the busiest shell dealer in the world,' but I suspectthat Hawaiian Shell News is issued free to members of the pear to have been established. Society. Postage rates have been computed and added to he is working at it. membership dues Single copIes of any issue, $100, post- The Conchological Society has two active age included Individual copies of any issue may be ob- branchesin Natal, the prosperousand well-developed "As he said, people buy shells becausethey are tained, free of charge, by qualified individuals for bona fide beautiful. As he did not say, people also buy shells, research projects state near the northeasternapex of the Republic. MemberSoutside the United States are asked to pay with a One servesthe city of Durban. The other provides a sight unseen, from dealers' lists becausethey want bank cheque (not a draft) payable to HMS on a US. bank. to acquirenew species. (Be sure your name and address appear on the cheque.) focal point for shellers living along the "lower south coast", with Port Shepstoneas their center. "Cardin's suggestionwould encouragedealers all HMSDUES FOR 19BO First Class delivery of HSN in US., Other branchesare at East London, Port Elizabeth, over the world to list esoteric names which appear Canada and Mexico (Recommended) $15.00 on no other dealer's list. The dealer would be By Bulk Mail to U.S. Zip Code Pretoria, CapeTown and Pietermaritzburg. addresses $12.00 The ConchologicalSociety in 1979 celebratedits busier yet, and the customer would not know that As Printed Matter to Canada and twenty-first anniversarywith a special color issue of his 'new species' is only a color or morph variation Mexico (4 to 6 weeks) $14.00 of a more common shell until it is too late." Delivery by Air Mail (Recommended) its bi-monthly Strandloper. to Caribbean and Central America (1 week) $19.00 Womack - who obviously has little faith in shell to Europe, Med. Af~ca and "It was our first venture into colored illus- dealers as a morph variation of Mankind - con- S America (2 weeks) $20.50 trations," wrote Editor David Freemanwith justifi- to Pacific, Asia, Africa (2 weeks) $22.00 Delivery by Letter Mail (5 to 10 weeks) $15.50 able pride. Color is "difficult to finance with only cluded with a proposal that a system of guarantees Delivery as Printed Matter about 400 members, but we think it was worth the and penaltiesbe establishedto go with the orgy of (8 to 30 weeks) $13.50 Associate membership (HMS card trouble and expense." naming he foresees.The idea probably would not be but no HSN) $ 1.00 The Conchological Society of Southern Africa popular with dealers. There is a $1.00 charge for Change of Address. welcomesoverseas members, incidentally. The sub- While sympathizing with Ed Womack in his an- Articles of interest to shell collectors are solicited Con- guish over irresponsible shell naming, HSN has tents are not copyrighted.
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