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Green abalone
There is a boat launching ramp in Maunalua Bay approximately as shown on the map. In reasonable weather boats can proceed
around Koko Head to the Haunama Bay, Blow Hole area.
Skip and Rita Cowell, diving from their Boston Whaler that they launched at the ramp, recently collected several fine shells
a few dozen yards on the Makapuu Point side of the Blow Hole. Included in their days finds were the following:
Cypraea scurra - under coral
Cypraea chinensis - under small coral slabs
Cypraea fimbriata - in coral heads
Cypraea teres - in coral heads
Cypraea helvola - in coral heads
Cypraea tigris - in the open on coral shelf
Cypraea leviathan - under coral
Conus pertusus - under coral in sand
Bursa siphonata - on coral
They also collected a black coral tree nearly 2 feet across by over a foot high in 35 feet of water near the cliffs. Bob
Ridgeway, collecting with them, found an excellent specimen of Charonia tritonis. Other shells reported from specific areas
are as follows:
BLACK POINT AREA
Conus rattus - in coral
Cypraea helvola - on coral
Hydatina physis - tide pool
Balcis cumingi - sand pocket
BLOW HOLE AREA
Acanthochiton viridis - on rocks
Cellana melanostoma - on rocks
Cerithium baeticum - tide pools
Cerithium thaanumi - tide pools
Columbella varians - tide pools
Conus catus - tide pools
Conus chaldaeus - tide pools
Conus ebraeus - tide pools
Conus sponsalis - tide pools
Conus imperialis - 50 feet in sand
OFF DIAMOND HEAD
Cellana melanostoma - in sand
Charonia tritonis - under coral ledge
Conus pennaceus - in sand
Conus textile - in sand under coral
Cypraea tigris - in 18 feet on coral
Siphonaria normalis - on rocks
HANAUMA BAY AREA
Bulla adamsi - 1 to 3 ft. on rocks
Bulla peaseana - 1 to 3 ft. on rocks
Cerithium sinense - 1 to 3 ft. in sand
Cerithium thaanumi - 1 to 3 ft. in sand
Charonia tritonis - no data
Columbella varians - 1 to 3 ft.
Conus catus - 1 to 3 ft.
Conus chaldaeus - 1 to 3 ft.
Conus flavidus - 1 to 3 ft.
Conus lividus - 1 to 3 ft.
Conus miliaris - 1 to 3 ft.
Conus nussatella - no data
Conus rattus - 1 to 3 ft.
Cypraea caputserpentis - 1 to 3 ft. on coral
Cypraea fimbriata - 1 to 3 feet under coral
Engina billeheusti - 1 to 3 ft.
Epitonium pyramis - 1 to 3 ft.
Mitra astricta - 1 to 3 ft.
Mitra baldwini - 1 to 3 ft.
Mitra cucumerina - 1 to 3 ft.
Mitra litterata - 1 to 3 ft.
Nassa francolinus - 1 to 3 ft. (also in deep water)
Nassarius reeveanus - 1 to 3 ft.
Natica sagittata - 1 to 3 ft.
Nerita neglecta - on rocks
Nerita picea - on rocks
Purpura affinis - 1 to 3 ft.
Purpura harpa - 1 to 3 ft.
The following day several collecting stations were made on the main island of the atoll, both on the ocean reef as well as on
the lagoon side and in one of the shallow passes, where Tridacna maxima Röding was common. Very abundant on one of the lagoon
beaches were dead but perfect pairs of Asaphis deflorata L. That morning we had a visit from the chief of the village, who
had been on the neighboring atoll of Hao and who invited us to the village that evening. After supper we all went ashore, and
in the schoolhouse with an audience of only seven adults and two children, we were received officially and welcomed by the
chief, whose remarks were translated into French by the school teacher. All of us received the customary shell necklaces.
Afterwards we invited the chief, his wife, and a few others to a small party on board the "Maylis."
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On the rocks in Bounty Bay we found Nerita (Melanerita) morio Sby., for which Pitcairn is one of the type localities and
which is distinct from the superficially similar black Nerite found on the rocks in Tahiti. The common limpet found there,
however, is probably identical with Cellana tahitensis Pease. Drupa ricinus L. is on these rocks also. Several species of
Planaxis were found under the loose stones, including the endemic Planaxis pigra Forbes. On the marine terrace Cypraea
caputserpentis was gathered. In the debris line on the other side of the island, at "The Rope," Mike Hall found worn
specimens of what seems to be the distantly lirate form of Turbo argyrostomus L. and a form of Conus miliaris Hwass (or a
distinct related species) identical to that found on Easter Island. All in all, the molluscan fauna of Pitcairn impressed me
as a depauperate Polynesian one with a distinct endemic element that allies it with Easter Island.
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