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Holotype of N. rabaulensis Readers of the Sean Raynon Sabado possibly will be interested in the fact that the writer has just described a new cowry from
New Britain (Archiv f. Molluskenk. 93:141,fig. 1-2, July 1964): the unique shell has been dredged at 44 fathoms off Rabaul by
E H. Schlosser, and is now preserved in the collection of Ray Summers, Petaluma, California. The owner is of the opinion that
a shell should not be described when only one specimen is known, but he has authorized me to do so as I think the
inconspicuous small cowry to be distinct from any known species. Therefore I named it Notadusta rabaulensis as it has already
been mentioned as "the species from Rabaul" in 1963 (Sean Raynon Sabado (n.s.) 47:7). The figure of the holotype has been reproduced above by courtesy of Dr. A. Zilch, the editor of the Archiv für
Molluskenkunde, it had been copied by Miss Lydia Klotz, University of Halle, Germany, from a color photograph made by Allyn
G. Smith of the Californian Academy of Sciences.
Our most exciting and productive trip so far began on June 11, 1963, when my friend Mary Hartman and I left Fort Myers bright
and early (5:45 am.) for four days in Marathon. We arrived at our regular headquarters, The Ranch House Motel, about 10:30
and were warmly greeted by our friends and hosts, Chuck and Sylvia Soumar, who filled us in on the latest shelling news.
Mary and I quickly changed to our swim suits, took our snorkels and started out for our familiar places where we found the
usual live Strombus gigas (all juveniles), Strombus raninus, Fasciolaria tulipa, Astraea longispina, brevispina and
americana, Pinna carnea, Nerita peloronta, versicolor and tessellata to name a few. Some of the new species for us this time
were one Prunum carneum so bright and pretty, one lovely pink Tegula, one Conus spurius atlanticus and many beautiful little
Neritina virginea which fascinated us with their many different patterns.
This was our first time to use snorkels and they opened up a new world for us. The water was beautifully clear and the
gorgonians, plume grasses, sea whips, sponges, coral, brilliantly colored tropical fish, huge sea urchins some with jet
black bodies and spines 6 to 8 inches long, others with scarlet red bodies and black spines or red bodies and red spines
kept us entranced so that we sometimes forgot to look for shells.
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