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The cowrie fauna of the Austral, or Tubuai, Islands needs further research. As the average temperature of the sea in the
coldest month is at least three centigrade below that of the more equatorial areas, it is to be expected that, in the Austral
Islands, many Polynesian species are absent.
In fact, in my catalogue of cowries indicating the exact distribution of living species (Schilder 1965, Veliger 7:171-183) I
have stated (p. 175) that there is one only species (Luria isabella) known from the Austral Islands hitherto. Later on,
however, Mr. William E. Old, Jr. (New York) has informed me by letter that a contact of his, living in Tubuai Islands, sent
him, prior to 1960, six more cowrie species, and that three more species are in the collection of Mr. Stanley Levine (Long
Island City). The provisional list of cowries living in the Austral Islands therefore rises to ten species and is as follows
(1=indicates Hertlein 1937, 2=American Museum (New York), 3=coll. Levine).
Bert entered his labrolineata in the recent Shell Fair where it was runner-up for "Shell Of The Show" and won a "Special
Awards" ribbon.
An additional Philippine record was supplied by Ursula Wade when she appeared at the Shell Fair with a nice dead labrolineata
that she had found on the beach near the breakwater at Haleiwa on October 12, 1965. Her shell is the 3rd known specimen to be
found in Philippine waters.
A description of the Chamberlin shell follows: Length 20.85 mm., diameter 12.45 mm., height 10.20 mm., number of labial teeth
17, number of columellar teeth 16. Dorsum a dark olive green covered with small bluish-white dots. A row of 23 brown spots
runs just above the right margin, (see fig. 2). Just below these spots is a line of about 18 pit-like depressions. On the
left margin (fig. 3) are a few scattered spots. Base of shell is white.
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