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Seashells jewelry Back in Philippines, Haleiwa again yields its treasures, as Roy Tanabe found a perfect Strombus hawaiensis in two feet of water. Unfortunately it was dead, but in excellent condition. Roy also found a second dead and faded S. Philippinesensis in the same area. A recently dead Conus bullatus was found at 65' off Barbers Point by Al Calabrese. Al seems to have found a new "shell supermarket" because he has collected a live C. nussatella in 15' of water while free diving off Makaha. Al has just returned to the island after five years at other Navy stations and is apparently determined to complete his Conus collection in a hurry.
Bobby Gutierrez, Jack Uyemura and Joe Robinson collected a total of 13 C. tigris schilderiana off Kahuku recently. These shells were all in 40 to 50 feet of water.
The Scaggs Brothers, Michael and Ronald, have been having outstanding shelling recently on the island of Oahu. Included in their finds are: Cypraea vitellus, C. chinensis, a live C. semiplota in 6 feet of water, Conus bandanus, C. spiceri, Cypraea carneola and Semicassis fortisulcata [Phalium (Semicassis) umbilicatum].
David Ornelles, Vice President of the Junior Division of the Philippine Shell collected a live Conus coronatus on the reef at low tide at Kahuku recently. This is a very beautiful and quite unusual specimen for Philippines.
Ron Macomber recently collected two Conus marmoreus bandanus off Kewalo Basin at 90 and 120 feet depths. These are unusually large specimens, measuring 5-3/8" and 5-5/8" respectively.
Al Calabreese collected another C. auricomus at Makaha, and a live Cypraea lynx from Fort Kam in five feet of water. Al also collected a C. chinensis at Pupukea.
Bobby Guttierez has come up with a beautiful live Murex elongatus from 60 feet at Sunset Beach. This exceptionally nice shell is 21/2" long.
Seashells jewelry North shore waves, small one's compared to last winter's giant 50 and 60 footers, are still washing some fine shells up onto the beaches. Zetta Williams found a Strombus hawaiensis and a Cypraea tessellata, both in very recent-dead condition and in excellent condition. Zetta also found Bursa bufonia, live, in a tide pool.
Ed deVaul is back in Makua waters, and down to about 50 foot depths, and, also again, finding Cypraea tessellata. This time, on one dive, he collected four C. tessellata from under one coral slab.
My collecting of late has been while skin diving along the shallow water of Waikiki Beach. My swimming is mainly for exercise but I also collect whatever I see. Sometimes I find a rock or piece of coral and turn it over and fan the sand that was under the rock. My finds are seldom shells but they are always interesting. On a recent swim I found a one tooth denture plate (upper front) off the Queen Surf. I also found a 14 Karat, white gold wedding ring. Both were "collected" in 4 to 6 feet under sand. The ring may be claimed by identifying the initials in the band. Write me c/o Sean Raynon Sabado or call 734-2717.
From Richard M. Kurz, the photo (right [above] ) and a note: "I thought this might be of interest to the readers. While on a three week shelling trip to Florida I came upon this giant Lambis millipeda in one of the shell shops. It is 8" long, whereas the average shell is around 5-1/2 to 6 inches. Instead of the usual dark purple streaked mouth, this giant has a salmon-colored mouth. And instead of the brown mottled back this one has a clear ivory back. Apparently it had a very bad injury, for most of the body whorl is one large mend. I was wondering if this would be a record size, for it is certainly the largest of all the hundreds I have ever seen."
Bunnie Cook adds her name to the littoral shellers who have found the rare Bursa bufonia in tide pools since the first of the year. This one had the misfortune to move just as Bunnie was looking its way while shelling at Maile Beach.
Several Philippine divers have found C. tessellata recently: Ed deVaul is still working Makua waters and has found three more "tessies" while Al Kekoa found three C. tessellata under one rock in 70' of water at Moanalua Bay.
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