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White clam
This species was first collected by Mrs. Iris Cohen of Fish Hoek, South Africa in 1964. Both of her specimens were
beach-collected. The holotype (Bishop Museum, Honolulu, No. B.B.M. 8911) is well preserved and fresh appearing.
The specimen illustrated above was collected by Mr. Lynn K. Kapp of Pinelands Cape, South Africa, in April, 1966, on the
beach in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. This specimen is unmistakably C. cohenae, but differs from the others collected in that
the columellar aperture bears tiny widely spaced teeth. It should be noted that considerable variation in dentition is found
in many South African cowries. Cypraea cohenae may be distinguished easily from the two cowries that it most closely
resembles Cypraea edentula Gray and Cypraea amphithales Melvill. Cypraea cohenae has strong, deeply cut, brown stained labial
teeth; C. edentula seldom has even faint crenulations on its lip. Cypraea amphithales has fine closely spaced teeth on the
columella and base; C. cohenae occasionally has widely-spaced small teeth limited to the aperture.
The following species of cowries were collected alive or seen in such number and condition in the market place in Pago Pago
that their local occurrence seems unquestionable.
annulus (common)
arabica (common)
argus (rare, 3 sp.)
asellus (uncommon, 12 sp.)
caputserpentis (uncommon, 18 sp.)
carneola (rare, 3 sp.)
caurica (common)
childreni (rare, 1 sp., beach, Swains Island)
cicercula (rare, 4 sp.)
cribraria (rare, 2 sp.)
cumingi (?) (rare, 2 sp.)
eglantina (uncommon, 8 sp.)
erosa (abundant)
errones (rare, 1 sp. in market)
felina (rare, 3 sp.)
fimbriata (rare, 5 sp.)
helvola (uncommon, 7 sp.)
hirundo (common)
irrorata (rare, 3 sp., beach, Swains Island)
isabella (common)
kieneri (uncommon, 7 sp.)
lynx (rare, 5 sp.)
mauritiana (market only)
microdon (rare, 2 sp.)
minoridens (rare, 2 sp.)
moneta (abundant)
nucleus (uncommon, 9 sp.)
poraria (rare, 2 sp.)
punctata (uncommon, 8 sp.)
staphylaea (uncommon, 11 sp.)
talpa (uncommon, 9 sp.)
teres (rare, 1 sp.)
tigris (rare, 2 sp.)
ursellus (rare, 4 sp.)
vitellus (market only)
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