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Lampshade
Murex torrefactus, a close cousin of M. insularum, deposits about 100 egg capsules on the average containing 5,000 eggs;
about 700 of these hatch as veligers to begin life. Provided 95% of these veligers perish prior to reaching adulthood, then
Mr. deVaul took a fall litter of a single spawn. To prevent regression in malacological science, we would be better advised
to admonish collectors to collect with moderation, i.e. not to take specimens which they cannot share with museums or other
collectors, preserve collecting grounds and egg-masses and refrain from taking juveniles which will be prevented from
reaching sexual maturity and propagation.
In our driving desire to protect the Queen Conch or mollusks in general, we tend to overlook the dire need for the protection
of the Hominid species Homo sapiens. In our own peculiar highly cultured and civilized way we managed to exterminate 30
million of our own species and mutilated the same number within 5 short years. One day there may not be enough of us left to
admire the frilly fronds of the lovely Muricid which was threatened: with extinction anno Domini 1966.
It was on the fourth of these stations that the first Philippine Strombus were found October 23. My partner for the dive was
Betsy Harrison, well known to many of the local members of the Society and a very competent diver. We were working an area of
hard coral bottom, covered with coarse white sand. The depth gauge read 80 feet. The sand was about 2 to 4 inches deep and
contained some rubble. Betsy was industriously fanning near the anchor and I had been up off the bottom scouting around for
possible Philippine Strombus "signs". About two-thirds the way through the dive I heard a scream and turned to see Betsy
swimming toward me as if she had seen Moby Dick himself! Her long hair was streaming out behind her. She showed me an
unbelievable sight; in her hand she held a live Strombus hawaiensis! The shell was not fully adult, but was beautiful. A bit
shocked, I moved off about 30 feet or so and dropped to the bottom to do some fanning. Within two minutes I uncovered a
second specimen, a magnificent shell a bit larger than the first.
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