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What happened from that point on is not too clear. I distinctly remember indicating to Betsy that our decompression
time/depth limit had expired and we would have to leave. The time in between the find and that moment is a complete blank. We
both agreed later that neither of us had been so shaken underwater before. The effect was worse than seeing a shark. At least
I had remembered what happened in such cases! After the dive, while sitting in the boat, an examination of the shells
revealed the fabulous beauty of the Strombs. They far exceeded the coloration and loveliness of the fresh fragments that had
been found in earlier diving. The shells were a myrid of color, ranging from the pink-purple of the protoconch, through the
russet rays on the lip, to the blue-brown of the back. The very active and strong animal was cream-colored with round light
brown spots on the foot and a brown proboscis covered with small, white spots. A pair of utterly fantastic almost human-like
eyes gave the mollusk a look of intelligence and personality. Frankly, the enormity of the find left us a bit breathless. We
had truly found the Philippine Strombus in his natural environment!
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.
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