seashells jewelry,
pukalet,
nasa shell,
cyprea mauretiana,
pecten palleum,
brown lip,
blacklip,
sigay shells,
raw shell,
tortella,
gifts,
leis shellcrafts,
clams raw,
conus stripe,
earrings,
paua,
pokalets,
hawaii,
seashell,
philippines,
wallets shell,
hawaiian jewelry,
coral,
capis shells,
shell leis,
leis puka,
cut sigay,
assorted shell,
murex torrifactus,
philippine shells,
pinkrode,
land snail,
tiger cowry,
hawaiian,
exporters,
shells,
shells accessory,
shell bracelets,
whole sale,
conus aulicus,
white clam,
frogshell,
fusos calus,
turbo pitholatus,
white,
violet oyster,
hair accessory,
pawa,
black tab,
casis bibex,
enlay,
brown lip,
black agate,
mitra papales,
cockle,
abalone,
wholesaler,
ovula ovum,
tiger brownlip,
troca bead,
notorium,
haliotis asinana,
pukalet,
shell necklaces,
leis pukka,
natural,
murex treremis,
shell jewelry,
phjilippine shells,
tuna fasciolata,
snail,
shells fashion,
decorative,
brown-lip shell heishe,
conus virgo,
black pen heishe,
conus omaria,
m.o.p,
ornament,
strombus latesimus,
supplier shells,
conus marmereous,
white clam,
brown conus,
pendants,
black olive,
conus,
murex indivia longspine,
sundial landsnail,
philippine,
troka,
troca female pearlized,
black leaf,
shells necklace,
raw material,
shells components,
yellow punaw,
shell pendants,
philippine shellcraft,
white abalone,
brown fusus,
natural body jewelry,
white rose,
shells bracelets,
brown cockle,
shells jewelries,
fashion,
shell-madebelts,
maxima clam,
pectin nobiles,
nautilus,
barnacle,
mactan beauty,
capiz hanging lamps,
shells pendants,
pecten vexillum orange,
shell anklets,
components of mother peral mop,
frog shell,
gift items,
novelty,
shells necklaces,
wholesale,
wallets shell,
trocca,
black pen squarecutrs,
cardium cardissa,
embonium shell,
shell inlay,
capis shell,
decorative shell,
casis cornuta,
troka,
lambis milladeda,
black lip,
hair ornaments,
terebra maculata,
lambis scorpio,
export,
shell fashion,
white shell,
blacktab black lip brown lip,
cyprea vitilus,
troca male,
murex zamboi,
earing,
temriata,
shell leis,
cyprea arabeca,
troca sprial polished,
mother of pearl,
philippines eas shells,
hammershell,
puka shell jewelry and accessory,
murex borneous,
earring,
puka shell,
painted,
hair accessories,
puka,
sea urchin,
cyprea lynx,
hipopos,
oliva,
conus textile,
blacktab,
lampshade,
spondylus orange,
mop shell raw,
cowrie,
shell bracelet,
item gift,
shell carrier,
shellcrafts,
caput shell,
shell accessories,
brownlip,
exporter of fashion shell,
conus capitaneous,
shell necklace,
ornamental,
whole saler,
capis lamps,
shell tiles,
products,
coco shell,
shell madebelts,
clams,
natural fashion jewelry,
spondylus tsenensis,
voluta,
capiz,
green abalone,
white shell,
cordakia tigpena,
craft shells,
shelltiles,
troca,
varian,
shell component,
polished shells,
pokalet,
shell lampshades,
shell accessories,
shell hawaiian,
hammer,
inlaid,
shark teeth,
silver mouth,
puka shell,
green shell heishe,
gold lip,
silver mouth,
telena vergata,
bursa rubeya,
supplier,
cay-cay,
nassa,
sigay,
rapa - rapana,
shell tiles,
luhuanus,
pearls,
ethnic shell,
supplies,
shellcraft,
moonshell orange,
landsnail,
shell hairclips,
capiz shell,
cyprea moneta,
shell inlayed,
moonshell white,
shell inlayed,
item,
strombus mariabelles,
pillary,
capiz shells,
raw shells,
heishi,
strombus ovula,
leis,
paua,
pyrum,
conus magus,
triton,
casis bandatum,
chama lazarus,
shellcraft,
wallers,
tuna perdix,
murex ramusus,
coco shells,
capiz lamps,
puka necklace,
wallets,
shells beads,
monggo shell,
violet oyster shell heishe,
decoration,
black lip,
mello,
components part,
shell heishie,
inlay,
eggshell,
murex alabaster,
strombus sinautus,
murex huastillum,
lei,
conus literatus,
vertagos,
sheashells,
native,
hair,
components,
shell jewelries,
cyprea pappa,
conus stratus,
puka necklaces,
lambis troncata,
capis hanging lamp,
melo shell,
shell inlay,
craft,
black lambis - lambis,
tuna zulcosa,
distrosioanus,
shell fashion accessories,
exporter,
melo,
white clam,
spondylus barbatus,
mop,
toribellum,
hammer shells,
hair ornament,
component part,
shells heishe,
shell jewelry necklace,
cyprea onyx,
shells bracelet,
heishe pokalet,
capiz raw,
crafts,
clam raw,
shell beads,
shell inlay shell tiles,
puka shell jewelry,
white rose,
heishe,
troca female natural polished,
silver mouth,
hearshell,
clam,
chamber nautilus,
shell inlay shell tiles,
whole sale,
earings,
dyed white rose,
conus sowerby,
shells puka,
mitra - mitra,
lambis crocata,
cyprea talpa,
fasciolaria,
hand made,
shell,
cardium unido,
shells jewelry,
bursa ranilla,
raw,
nasa shell,
capis,
shell shell,
shell jewelry s,
lamps,
m.o.p ornament,
lambis - lambis natural,
troca strawberry,
lambis cheragra,
seashells components,
lamp shade,
shark tooth,
shells anklets,
rose clam,
shell jewelry,
jewelry shell,
capis raw,
strombus canarium,
shell beads,
harda - harda,
puka heishi,
tebia fusos,
troca female matura

It should be the Malacological trend to consolidate nomenclature and not separate, and separation should be done only if the
characteristics of the new species or subspecies are constant in large series (not 16 shells) of shells, and peculiar to the
new subspecies only. This does not apply at all in the case of C. chinensis amiges and the situation of tagging a new name to
every ecological variation, is getting ridiculous. I am convinced that my article will not stop Mr. Cate from naming another
dozen new subspecies before giving up his malacological hobby, however, it is only fair, that if we have to read Cate's
inconclusive arguments in favor of his new subspecies, we should be permitted to express our own arguments against accepting
his new subspecies. Furthermore, it stimulates scientific thinking, and will show to Mr. Cate that we do not accept every
subspecies he dishes out from his conveyor belt.

In The Veliger, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 74 77, Crawford Cate made an attempt to restore the old subspecific name amiges to current
usage. It is unfortunate that he based his differentiating comparison on specimens from the Philippines only, and did not
take into account specimens of C. chinensis (which the Schilders call C. chinensis variolaria Lamarck, 1810) from Mauritius.
The morphological relationship, despite the greater distance from Philippines, is closer by far between variolaria
(Mauritius) and amiges (Philippines), then it is between C. chinensis, sensu stricto (Philippines) and amiges.

As Crawford Cate pointed out in his article, Melvill & Standen's specimen of amiges was a single, dead shell of unknown
locality. Melvill and Standen's contention that amiges could have come from the Philippines Archipelago was a mere
presumption and by no means zoogeographical reasoning, for the specimen could have just as well come from Mauritius. Once the
locality of a holotype of a species or subspecies is unknown, it is useless to guess where its origin might have been.

The Schilders in their nomenclatural system accept (4) races or subspecies of C. chinensis, which are as follows: C.
chinensis chinensis Gmelin, 1791, (32/61, 17:16). C. chinensis violacea Rous, 1905 (31/63, 15:15), C. chinensis variolaria
Lamarck, 1810 (32/64, 15.16), and C. chinensis sydneyensis Schilder & Schilder, 1938 (35/63, 15:14). The figures in brackets
signify the following: Length in mm., width as a % of length, mean number of labial teeth as reduced to a shell 25mm. in
length: mean number of columellar teeth also reduced (see Schilder, Zool. Anz. Bd. 92, H. 3/4, 1930). The Schilders'
statistical figures were obtained by personally examining 250 specimens of C. chinensis from different localities.

Getting the live Lima scabra was quite an experience, too. They were back in holes in a rock wall and under small loose
rocks. We held on to the larger rocks, with our feet on a little ledge that dropped off to 20 feet or more. Neither Mary nor
I are good enough swimmers to venture in water over our heads but we sort of forgot about that as we saw the red and white
tentacles waving about. We'd reach for the shell which would snap shut and retreat in the rocks. Some were attached by a
byssus and some were free swimming. We were both pretty leery of reaching in after it so if it got more than a couple of
inches back, we thought of moray eels and what have you, left that one and looked for one easier to get.

It was very warm and we think we'll plan future trips for cooler weather. Still, if we hadn't gone this summer, we might not
have gotten the Cyphoma and Lima.

P. S. Our Fort Myers Shell Club was organized in November 1962 and has 36 members. Mary Hartman mentioned above is secretary
and I am president. We have a very congenial group and are enjoying the club very much.