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Black olive
The prime areas that had been selected in previous searchings at various North Shore and Waianae Coast locations gradually
became unuseable as the strong winter swells descended on the island. The search, therefore, was directed to newly opened
areas along the South Shore. Some areas off of Waikiki had produced fragments of Strombus hawaiensis previously and,
naturally, they were visited first. The only thing produced on these dives was several Harpa conoidalis occupied by the
hermit crab Dardanus gemmatus. One of these shells was very nearly perfect and so was not such a bad find at all! Photos -
Cross -- Not To Scale
Ventral view of Strombus hawaiensis showing foot, probosis
and eye-stalk structure. The latter differs from conventional
mollusks in that the antennae leave at nearly right angles.
It was on the fourth of these stations that the first Philippine Strombus were found October 23. My partner for the dive was
Betsy Harrison, well known to many of the local members of the Society and a very competent diver. We were working an area of
hard coral bottom, covered with coarse white sand. The depth gauge read 80 feet. The sand was about 2 to 4 inches deep and
contained some rubble. Betsy was industriously fanning near the anchor and I had been up off the bottom scouting around for
possible Philippine Strombus "signs". About two-thirds the way through the dive I heard a scream and turned to see Betsy
swimming toward me as if she had seen Moby Dick himself! Her long hair was streaming out behind her. She showed me an
unbelievable sight; in her hand she held a live Strombus hawaiensis! The shell was not fully adult, but was beautiful. A bit
shocked, I moved off about 30 feet or so and dropped to the bottom to do some fanning. Within two minutes I uncovered a
second specimen, a magnificent shell a bit larger than the first.
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