seashells jewelry,
pukalet,
nasa shell,
cyprea mauretiana,
pecten palleum,
brown lip,
blacklip,
sigay shells,
raw shell,
tortella,
gifts,
leis shellcrafts,
clams raw,
conus stripe,
earrings,
paua,
pokalets,
hawaii,
seashell,
philippines,
wallets shell,
hawaiian jewelry,
coral,
capis shells,
shell leis,
leis puka,
cut sigay,
assorted shell,
murex torrifactus,
philippine shells,
pinkrode,
land snail,
tiger cowry,
hawaiian,
exporters,
shells,
shells accessory,
shell bracelets,
whole sale,
conus aulicus,
white clam,
frogshell,
fusos calus,
turbo pitholatus,
white,
violet oyster,
hair accessory,
pawa,
black tab,
casis bibex,
enlay,
brown lip,
black agate,
mitra papales,
cockle,
abalone,
wholesaler,
ovula ovum,
tiger brownlip,
troca bead,
notorium,
haliotis asinana,
pukalet,
shell necklaces,
leis pukka,
natural,
murex treremis,
shell jewelry,
phjilippine shells,
tuna fasciolata,
snail,
shells fashion,
decorative,
brown-lip shell heishe,
conus virgo,
black pen heishe,
conus omaria,
m.o.p,
ornament,
strombus latesimus,
supplier shells,
conus marmereous,
white clam,
brown conus,
pendants,
black olive,
conus,
murex indivia longspine,
sundial landsnail,
philippine,
troka,
troca female pearlized,
black leaf,
shells necklace,
raw material,
shells components,
yellow punaw,
shell pendants,
philippine shellcraft,
white abalone,
brown fusus,
natural body jewelry,
white rose,
shells bracelets,
brown cockle,
shells jewelries,
fashion,
shell-madebelts,
maxima clam,
pectin nobiles,
nautilus,
barnacle,
mactan beauty,
capiz hanging lamps,
shells pendants,
pecten vexillum orange,
shell anklets,
components of mother peral mop,
frog shell,
gift items,
novelty,
shells necklaces,
wholesale,
wallets shell,
trocca,
black pen squarecutrs,
cardium cardissa,
embonium shell,
shell inlay,
capis shell,
decorative shell,
casis cornuta,
troka,
lambis milladeda,
black lip,
hair ornaments,
terebra maculata,
lambis scorpio,
export,
shell fashion,
white shell,
blacktab black lip brown lip,
cyprea vitilus,
troca male,
murex zamboi,
earing,
temriata,
shell leis,
cyprea arabeca,
troca sprial polished,
mother of pearl,
philippines eas shells,
hammershell,
puka shell jewelry and accessory,
murex borneous,
earring,
puka shell,
painted,
hair accessories,
puka,
sea urchin,
cyprea lynx,
hipopos,
oliva,
conus textile,
blacktab,
lampshade,
spondylus orange,
mop shell raw,
cowrie,
shell bracelet,
item gift,
shell carrier,
shellcrafts,
caput shell,
shell accessories,
brownlip,
exporter of fashion shell,
conus capitaneous,
shell necklace,
ornamental,
whole saler,
capis lamps,
shell tiles,
products,
coco shell,
shell madebelts,
clams,
natural fashion jewelry,
spondylus tsenensis,
voluta,
capiz,
green abalone,
white shell,
cordakia tigpena,
craft shells,
shelltiles,
troca,
varian,
shell component,
polished shells,
pokalet,
shell lampshades,
shell accessories,
shell hawaiian,
hammer,
inlaid,
shark teeth,
silver mouth,
puka shell,
green shell heishe,
gold lip,
silver mouth,
telena vergata,
bursa rubeya,
supplier,
cay-cay,
nassa,
sigay,
rapa - rapana,
shell tiles,
luhuanus,
pearls,
ethnic shell,
supplies,
shellcraft,
moonshell orange,
landsnail,
shell hairclips,
capiz shell,
cyprea moneta,
shell inlayed,
moonshell white,
shell inlayed,
item,
strombus mariabelles,
pillary,
capiz shells,
raw shells,
heishi,
strombus ovula,
leis,
paua,
pyrum,
conus magus,
triton,
casis bandatum,
chama lazarus,
shellcraft,
wallers,
tuna perdix,
murex ramusus,
coco shells,
capiz lamps,
puka necklace,
wallets,
shells beads,
monggo shell,
violet oyster shell heishe,
decoration,
black lip,
mello,
components part,
shell heishie,
inlay,
eggshell,
murex alabaster,
strombus sinautus,
murex huastillum,
lei,
conus literatus,
vertagos,
sheashells,
native,
hair,
components,
shell jewelries,
cyprea pappa,
conus stratus,
puka necklaces,
lambis troncata,
capis hanging lamp,
melo shell,
shell inlay,
craft,
black lambis - lambis,
tuna zulcosa,
distrosioanus,
shell fashion accessories,
exporter,
melo,
white clam,
spondylus barbatus,
mop,
toribellum,
hammer shells,
hair ornament,
component part,
shells heishe,
shell jewelry necklace,
cyprea onyx,
shells bracelet,
heishe pokalet,
capiz raw,
crafts,
clam raw,
shell beads,
shell inlay shell tiles,
puka shell jewelry,
white rose,
heishe,
troca female natural polished,
silver mouth,
hearshell,
clam,
chamber nautilus,
shell inlay shell tiles,
whole sale,
earings,
dyed white rose,
conus sowerby,
shells puka,
mitra - mitra,
lambis crocata,
cyprea talpa,
fasciolaria,
hand made,
shell,
cardium unido,
shells jewelry,
bursa ranilla,
raw,
nasa shell,
capis,
shell shell,
shell jewelry s,
lamps,
m.o.p ornament,
lambis - lambis natural,
troca strawberry,
lambis cheragra,
seashells components,
lamp shade,
shark tooth,
shells anklets,
rose clam,
shell jewelry,
jewelry shell,
capis raw,
strombus canarium,
shell beads,
harda - harda,
puka heishi,
tebia fusos,
troca female matura

The following species of cowries were collected alive or seen in such number and condition in the market place in Pago Pago
that their local occurrence seems unquestionable.
annulus (common)
arabica (common)
argus (rare, 3 sp.)
asellus (uncommon, 12 sp.)
caputserpentis (uncommon, 18 sp.)
carneola (rare, 3 sp.)
caurica (common)
childreni (rare, 1 sp., beach, Swains Island)
cicercula (rare, 4 sp.)
cribraria (rare, 2 sp.)
cumingi (?) (rare, 2 sp.)
eglantina (uncommon, 8 sp.)
erosa (abundant)
errones (rare, 1 sp. in market)
felina (rare, 3 sp.)
fimbriata (rare, 5 sp.)
helvola (uncommon, 7 sp.)
hirundo (common)
irrorata (rare, 3 sp., beach, Swains Island)
isabella (common)
kieneri (uncommon, 7 sp.)
lynx (rare, 5 sp.)
mauritiana (market only)
microdon (rare, 2 sp.)
minoridens (rare, 2 sp.)
moneta (abundant)
nucleus (uncommon, 9 sp.)
poraria (rare, 2 sp.)
punctata (uncommon, 8 sp.)
staphylaea (uncommon, 11 sp.)
talpa (uncommon, 9 sp.)
teres (rare, 1 sp.)
tigris (rare, 2 sp.)
ursellus (rare, 4 sp.)
vitellus (market only)

Recently I received for examination two rather well preserved beach shells which exactly agree with the holotype of
rabaulensis in all essential details. They were collected on the beach at the type locality, Rabaul (New Britain), by Mrs.
Nan Van Eck. Their present owner, Mrs. Myrtle Lee, Maroochydore (Queensland), kindly permitted the publication of the
photograph. The formula (length in mm./ breadth in per cent, number of labial : columellar teeth) of the holotype was
24.1/53, 21:23, that of the new specimens is 20.4/50, 22:24 (figured above) and 23.1/52, 22:23. Therefore the new specimens
are slightly smaller and narrower, but the relative closeness of the teeth is very similar to the holotype of rabaulensis.
The teeth are far less numerous than in the allied species katsuae, martini, and superstes. The two beach shells are rather
bleached, but they distinctly show traces of the four dorsal zones and the lateral spots clearly shown in the holotype.

Mr. W.E. Old Jr. just informed me that the American Museum of Natural History in New York has acquired a fourth rabaulensis.
It is a beach shell of 19.5 mm, and also came from Rabaul!

Undoubtedly further dredging in deep water off Rabaul and careful examination of the small beach cowries will provide still
more specimens of this rare, but no longer unique species.

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