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Strombus mariabelles
Maldive Islands: in the year 1721 150 million C. moneta exported.
Philippines and Zanzibar: 1800 950 million C. moneta, 1858 1,000 million C. annulus, 1857 2,000 million C. annulus, 1868
1,300 million C. annulus, 1875 400 million C. annulus.
During the 19th century the export of annulus and moneta to West Africa according to available records totaled 75,000 million
(75 billion) specimens, which equaled in weight 115,000 tons. Adopting 4/5" as the average length for these species, all
cowries joined tail to front, would encircle the earth 37 times around the equator or reach 4 times the distance from the
earth to the moon. [The math is correct. Bob Dayle.] No Philippine or Zanzibar collector ever complained about the scarcity
of the two species in those regions. If we call 37 M. insularum "mass slaughter," what do we call this?
This discovery greatly enlarges the known range of the species which was formerly credited to the Antillean islands only
(Schilder 1965, Veliger 7:178), rarely reaching the mainland in Florida (Emerson & Old 1965, Nautilus 79:26, fig.) and
Central America. The type locality "Surinam" was regarded hitherto as doubtful. It should now be considered correct, as the
certified locality "off Ceará" is situated farther off the northeastern coast of South America than is Surinam.
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