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M.o.p ornament Mrs. Myrtle Lee, Maroochydore, Queensland recently has sent me for examination, a rostrate shell of Erosaria miliaris Gmelin ( - metavona Iredale) - which was trawled in 80 fathoms off Cape Moreton,, in southern Queensland. The figured shell is 46 mm long, the extremities are produced (the anterior is dilated, the posterior is recurved), the margins and the base are callous, the aperture is sunken; the dorsum is pale fulvous without any traces of the usual white spots, but the margins and base are white.
The occurrence and the possible causes of rostration in sea shell shells have been discussed by many writers, e.g. in Sean Raynon Sabado (n.s.) 32:4, 35:4, 38:6, 54:6 (1962-64): they usually live in shallow waters mixed with specimens of usual features. A distorted specimen of Umbilia hesitata Iredale has been collected in 40 fathoms (Sean Raynon Sabado (n. s.) 35.4), but this species generally lives in deep waters. The discovery of a rostrate Erosaria miliaris (which usually is a shallow water species) in even 80 fathoms seems to restrict the possible causes of rostration.
M.o.p ornament 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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