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Maxima clam
Strombus vomer vomer Röding, 1798: A specimen from the dredge site measured 80mm x 40mm, and was sculptured with 52 labial
lirae and 8 anterior columellar lirae. A specimen from Vavalu measured 79mm x 46mm and had 55 labial and 12 columellar lirae;
another specimen is in H.C. Gay's collection.
Strombus epidromis Linnaeus, 1758: The single specimen collected by Mr. Gay measured 65mm x 38mm, and the outer lip was not
fully mature.
Strombus fragilis Röding, 1798: 24 specimens were ound at the dredge-site, and sizes ranged from 38mm - 50mm.
Strombus rugosus Sowerby, 1825: Recently collected specimens confirm Schmeltz's 1874 record from Tonga; the largest specimen
measured 44mm.
Strombus latissimus Linnaeus, 1758: According to Mr. Gay, this species is occasionally collected in Tonga.
"Strombus solitaris Perry, 1811 (Arcana, London, vol. 1, part 2, signature Dd', {pl. 52} is a poorly illustrated and
inadequately described species from 'Africa and the East Indies,' and, although somewhat resembling S. oldi, is undoubtedly a
synonym of the Caribbean S. gallus Linné, 1758, by virtue of the lower spire, the larger and fewer shoulder knobs and the
slender, narrow wing-like projection on the upper end of the outer lip. Perry's locality is undoubtedly erroneous.
"I take pleasure in naming, this new species in honor of Mr. Old, who immediately recognized the significance of his
discovery."
The beautiful island of Maui was the setting for a three day diving trip by nine members of the Sea Lancers Diving Club of
Hickam Air Force Base. They were greeted and made welcome by members of the Philippine Malacological Society, Dr. and Mrs.
Dean Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kern, and Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Gage, who were pleased that several of the Sea Lancers were also
members of HMS and fellow shell collectors. The Sea Lancers were shown safe diving areas and treated to a picnic by their
hosts. Needless to say the Lancers returned home safely and loaded (with shells that is). Among the assortment of shells were
Conus quercinus, Conus suturatus, Cypraea gaskoini, Cypraea poraria, and Fusinus sandwichensis.
During the past few years, Mr. Aryeh Hadar of Tel-Aviv, Israel has collected 214 cowrie shells on the beach at Tel-Aviv: 95
shells have been kindly presented to us so that we could personally measure their length by caliper; the remaining 119 shells
are still in Mr. Hadar's collection. He gave us the exact length of each specimen. These beach shells include 42 Luria lurida
lurida (Linnaeus), 154 Erosaria spurca spurca (Linnaeus), and 18 Zonaria pyrum maculosa (Gmelin).
The following table [below] indicates the number of measured specimens (put in diagonal bracket [eliminated in this HTML
table]), the limits of the lengths of two-thirds of specimens most approaching the median, i.e. approximately the range of
the standard deviation, and the median (put in parentheses between these two figures). The left column refers to specimens
coming from various localities in the whole of the Mediterranean, Tel-Aviv excluded: they have been measured by ourselves.
The right column refers to the shells from Tel-Aviv.
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