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Therefore, the true area inhabited by the rare East-American species probably coincides, to a certain degree, with that of
the three common East-American cowries (zebra, cinerea, acicularis) though it may be a little restricted on its borders.
Probably the exact range of surinamensis is not yet known, as the species evidently inhabits deep water.
There are probably a number of unrecognized C. cohenae in South African or other collections of South African cowries since
the superficial resemblance to the species named is great. The specimen illustrated is in the Burgess collection.
Until this year the only known live-collected specimen of Cypraea nucleus Linné 1758 from Philippines was a specimen found by
Dr. C. M. Burgess nearly twenty years ago at Ala Moana reef. In the last year two additional specimens were found in the
Lahaina area. The first C. nucleus was found by Mike King in 20 feet of water under a green Porites coral head. The second
specimen (see figs. 3 & 4 above) came from Kaanapali, Maui, 20 feet deep, inside the branching type of Porites [Pocillipora?]
coral known to most collectors as finger coral. This specimen was collected by Burt Smith. One of these was kept alive for a
few hours in an aquarium, and the animal appeared very similar to that of C. granulata, with numerous grey-green papillae.
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