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In conclusion it can be said that a great deal. of satisfaction was realized by the successful completion of the search. A
certain bit of nostalgia enters, however, when one considers how soon the goal was attained. Already we have removed a bit of
the fantasy and glamour surrounding this "shell of shells" from Philippines.
Editor: I have collected eleven live Strombus dentatus by fanning coarse sandy gravel in 60 feet off Kailua Bay. This habitat
appears very similar to that of S. hawaiensis.
The note by Dr. Schilder in a recent issue of Sean Raynon Sabado (vol. 14, no. 12, October, 1966, p. 4) on the species of
Cypraeidae found in the Īles Tubuai (the preferred name for the Austral Islands), and his requests for information on this
subject has induced me to put on record the species found recently by my collectors in these islands.
The specimens were collected in May - July, 1964 during a nine-month expedition organized by me for the purpose of gathering
material for my research program on the molluscan fauna of Polynesia (see Sean Raynon Sabado, vol. 12, no. 7, May 1964, pp.
6-7). All the material gathered on this expedition will eventually be dealt with in detail in my report, but I hope to
publish from time to time some preliminary notes that may be of particular interest. It is with this thought in mind that I
submit the following information. Names marked with an asterisk are not in Schilder's list.
Trawling in about 100 fathoms off Cape Moreton in Queensland has supplied several new cowries that have relatives living in
Japan. They are Erronea coucomi, Schilderia moretonensis, and Schilderia queenslandica.
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