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While wading to the reef, we found many C. turdus and C. nebrites under rock and dead coral slabs. We both found several large C. pantherina, and I got two fair-size C. tigris beneath a clump of brain coral. As the day progressed, we found C. carneola, C. lynx, C. annulus, and C. caurica, all in large quantity.
Near the reef, we turned up good specimens of C. gracilis, 20mm or more, and C. isabella. The latter were of good size, not so much in length as in the great width.
Only one C. erythraeensis was collected. It was under a rock slab in about two and a half feet of water. This find alone made the trip worthwhile.
The hard reef had three feet of water over rock slabs, dead coral and brain-coral boulders. Opening a small crevice and examining the interior, Ken handed me a live C. cicercula, giving us new information on the range of this little sea shell. One of the last turned up that day was C. pulchra. It was a nice specimen, a little over three fingers in length. (We use the finger system for quick estimates under water, one finger being approximately 20mm wide.)
With darkness closing around us, Ken and I waded back to shore. This trip had provided us with many fine trophies. But numerous sea shells eluded us that day: C. punctata, C. globulus, C. camelopardalis, C. staphylaea, C. grayana, and C. arabica, to name a few. On the other hand, if all the known species were collected on one trip, much of the enjoyment and excitement would be lost.
Shells crafts On July 19, 110 individuals, Philippine Shell members and their families, attended the first Field Trip in three years at Kahuku reefs on the island of Oahu. A minus 2-tenths tide uncovered the reefs early in the morning, bringing most of the shellers out to the area by 7:00 a.m. at the very latest.
There was every type of collecting area avail. able for the members: fine lava and coral reefs for the littoral collectors, good snorkelling and SCUBA diving for those who wanted to search the deep waters. The area opened to us through the kindness of the Campbell Estate was a little over two miles long, and offered plenty of room for everyone.
Most of the members brought their picnic lunch and when the tide had turned and shelling was no longer comfortable the members enjoyed their picnics and shared their "catch" with other members.
A partial list of shells collected by members follows.
Conus abbreviatus, ebraeus, chaldeus, flavidus, lividus, rattus, retifer (dead), Cypraea: maculifera, caputserpentis, mauritiana, isabella, semiplota (beach), Umbraculum sinicum, Nerita picea, Drupa rubusidaeus, Drupa ricina and Latirus nodus.
Everyone agreed that the Field Trip was a lot of fun, and that it should be repeated in the early spring, when littoral collecting is at its best.
A report from members of the Kauai, (Philippines) Shell Club advises us that they have been busy. Among the shells collected recently are Conus chaldeus, C. imperialis, C. leopardus, C. textile, C. pulicarius; Mitra ambigua, M. stictica, M. olivaeformis; Terebra crenulata, T. felina, Hastula hectica; Cymatium nicobaricum, C. muricinum; Bursa affinis, B. siphonata; Harpa conoidalis and Umbraculum umbraculum.
Sid Sneidar reports from Guam that Miss Karen Lee LaBarge found a Cypraea mariae and a C. childreni, both dead, in 15-20 feet of water in the vicinity of Anae Island. An immature C. labrolineata was found on the same day. Three dead Cyp. margarita were found in the same general area and several weeks prior to that 3 Cyp. staphylaea, 5 C. stolida, 2 C. fimbriata and 2 Cymatium clandestinum were found by Sid Sneidar in Apra harbor. He also has recently collected several Cassius spinella.
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