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Vital statistics on the Conus bullatus are as follows: Maximum length 65 mm and width, 28 mm. It is perfect in color,
pattern, and doesn't have a chip or mark on it.
In addition to the Conus bullatus we collected one Cypraea leviathan each, one Conus textile, and two Conus imperialis, plus
a few of the more common shells that I needed to fill out my collection.
Mal Loring and Reg Grim are also members of the Philippine Malacological Society.
probably I. perna L., as well as occasional specimens of Morula granulata. Specimens of the opisthobranch Pupa sulcata Gmelin
and Longchaeus sulcatus A. Ads. were burrowing in the sandy mud. On the low hanging branches of trees near the shoreline
Littornina scabra L. was collected, and on the rocks above the tide line Nerita plicata was again common.
Along the shore near Rikitea Nerita polita L. was fairly common burrowing in sand near boulders above the water line. In the
shallow water on rocks covered with algal growth and corallines I gathered specimens of Modiolus auriculatus Krauss,
Isognomon ?perna L., Morula (Semiricinula) fiscella Gmelin and Strombus mutabilis Swainson, the latter very common. In the
sand an occasional Gafrarium transversarium Desh. was uncovered.
High above the tide line, under debris of all kind, two species of Ellobiids were common: Melampus flavus Gmelin and Melampus
castaneus Muhlfeldt.
On Sunday the 18th of October we left Rikitea, sent on our way with heart warming farewells. We set our course for Tahiti
hoping to visit several atolls enroute. on the first day out we caught a yellow-fin tuna, and three days later a fine
mahimahi, both welcome additions to the rather uninspiring menus we had been reduced to.
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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