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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.
Whole sale The pair of Cypraea marginata Gaskoin, 1848, pictured on the left are the light Southern Australian variety, with a pure white background and brown spotting. The two darker C. marginata on the right side are the Western Australian type which has a brown mottling on a white base.
In recent months Mr. Castle has collected several C. marginata which are a delicate pink rather than the usual white Southern kind. These are unquestionably one of the most attractive sea shells this writer has ever viewed. The usual white is pink but the shell still has the normal small brown spotting. It is a strikingly beautiful shell to say the least.
Castle also explodes another theory on C. marginata. Some shell experts have called the light [shell] a male and the darker shell the female. However, he advises us that he has cleaned a number of the light Southern shells and analysis has proven them to be both male and female, the male shells usually being the larger.
We thank Trevor Castle for sending us this picture and data.
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