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Two Belgian scientists, whose hobby is conchology, have done some remarkable shell collecting along the Brazilian Coast of
South America. They are Dr. Bernard "Ben" Tursch, 29 years old graduate in bio-chemistry from the "Ecole Polytechnique"
University te'Libre de Bruxelles, and Dr. Jean Pierret, 32 years old and a graduate anthropologist, also from the University
of Bruselles.
Ben Tursch is working for Stanford University of California in Brazil where he is investigating the chemical structure of
some natural products. In his spare time, he collects shells and has over 300 species of Conus alone. Tursch hopes to publish
a catalogue on Brazilian marine shells with the help of local collectors.
The shell is 24.1 mm. long and exhibits 21 labial and 23 columellar teeth; it approaches the Japanese Notadusta katsuae
Kuroda (see Schilder 1963, Arch. Mollusk. 92:126, fig. 3), but differs by having much less numerous teeth on both lips and by
the absence of the fulvous striae on the base. Though the shell is rather vividly colored it is "ugly medium brown" (Summers)
on the dorsum, yellowish on the outer lip. Other details may be read in the original description.
Notadusta rabaulensis approaches Purpuradusta raysummersi Schilder ( 1960, Arch.Mollusk. 89:190, pl.15, fig.3) in the
characters of the teeth, but it differs by the absence of the purple terminal spots, the narrower dorsal zones, and the
distinctly recurved rear of the inner lip. Thus the new species brings the genera Notadusta and Purpuradusta nearer to each
other.
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