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Capt. and Mrs. Mal Loring, with daughters Jackie and Cathy had a successful day too. Mrs. Loring excavated an excellent
specimen of Strombus variabilis and a fragile, as yet unidentified, shell. Dr. Osborne's previous experience in fossil areas,
really helped produce a fine collection of specimens. "Doc" found and collected a Cypraea scurra (with reticulations still
evident), 4 C. cicercula 10 to 16 mm in length and in good condition, 2 C. semiplota, an excellent specimen of Strombus
ostergaardi 15 mm long and an almost perfect juvenile Strombus identified tentatively as S. gibberulus gibbosus. Conus
rattus, Mitra, Bulla, Polinices and 6 other unidentified shells completed her "haul" for the day.
Other finds were made by Mrs. Tom Shields (Strombus mutabilis); Mr. Andrus. Verne Olney and son (Strombus ostergaardi,
Cypraea cicercula, and C. tessellata); Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mitchell came up with Conus bullatus, tulipa, and spiceri and a
large Bursa affinis; and us O'Briens (Bob, Aline and children Jim, Mike, Carol, Pat, Terrie, and David) had a fine day of
collecting. Mike made the find of the day (as far as our family was concerned, at least) with three Cypraea scurra and a
beautiful specimen of Conus mitatis, the first to be found in Philippines (see pg. 3) [image not included].
Others present included Mr. and Mrs. Harold Androus; Richard Schulze and son Dennis; Laurie Sanderson and her parents and
baby sister; Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Thompson; Ed deVaul; George Miller; and Mr. and Mrs. Anderson with sons Leland and Rex who
found a fossil Cypraea mauritiana.
The weather was perfect, warm and sunny, and the ocean was calm. Some members took to the water with SCUBA and came back with
a few specimens of live-collected shells. The only species live-collected that was also found as a fossil was Cypraea
mauritiana. I wonder what happened to all the rest of the species in the million or so years since this fossil bed was
formed?
For the reader who needs further proof of indiscriminate shell collecting practices now going on, we give him the following
verified accounts which occurred during the last few months:
This stimulated me, so I went shelling. I had to be satisfied with commoner shells such as: Strombus, Turritella, Oliva,
Pyrene, Trivia, Turbo,... etc. Annette also found a lovely Cassis coarctata Sowerby.
The Conus virgatus are much more colorful than the dredged ones I've been getting. Several are a brilliant orange. For those
who collect around Guaymas, these were found directly in front of the Playa de Cortez Hotel, on an exposed sand bar. All the
shells I mentioned were live-collected.
Mazatlán was wonderful. We really enjoyed getting a taste of "tropical climate," which you in Philippines are so accustomed
to.
The First Live-Collected Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, 1836, Recorded From Philippines
The recent collection of three living specimens of Cypraea beckii between the islands of Maui and Lanai by black-coral divers
confirms Mrs. Evelyn Gage's original record made several years ago from a dead beach shell that she found at Paumalu, Oahu.
The three live shells were found hidden in crevices on the base of black coral trees, where the tree attaches itself to the
ocean floor. It was not until the trees had been brought up from a depth of 170 feet and placed in a boat that the shells
were discovered.
The dimensions and tooth count of two f the shells figured above are: Figs. l & 2; Length 15.50 mm, breadth 8.85 mm, height
7.50 mm; number of labial teeth 22, number of columellar teeth 19. Figs. 3 & 4 [5 & 6]; length 12.90 mm, breadth 7.00 mm,
height 6.35 mm; number of labial teeth 20; number of columellar teeth 18. In determining the tooth count the terminal ridge
was excluded. Both shells show a concave fossula with three denticulations.
From the few reports of shells collected along the north-eastern shores of Oahu it would be assumed that the area is quite
barren. Such is not the ease. In feet quite the opposite is true. I have collected the area only twice, both times with good
results. Cliff Weaver has collected the Punaluu to Hauula area for 25 years and tells me that he has had many excellent finds
of rare and hard to come by shells. Beach collectors have also found many excellent specimens of some of our more rare shells
in the Kahuku Pt. area represented on this month's map.
Before giving specific data on the collections from this month's area, I would like to present information omitted from
previously discussed collecting areas. One item concerns an area known to some collectors as Gray's Beach; the other concerns
fossils found in the area of this month's map.
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