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Finally, on behalf of Jeanie and myself I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone of you for attending tonight, and
for the generous way you have greeted us. The interest you people in Philippines have shown for conchology is an inspiration
to us on the mainland. Our interest in Philippines and Philippiness, as well as in conchology, is one that will probably draw
us back here many, many times in the years ahead. Thank you very much and Aloha!
The above photograph [at left] was taken at a beach near Fremantle, Western Australia, after a successful skin diving
expedition by Barry Wilson, Tom Richert, and Cliff Weaver in May of 1960. The towel on which the shells are resting was later
returned to the Esplanade Hotel in Perth. In this photo are nine adult Cypraea friendii, plus a species of Trochus and Thais.
All were collected on soft coral and sponge attached to pilings at an average depth of 15 feet below the surface. Altogether,
eleven C. friendii were taken that day but two juvenile specimens were thrown back so that they might grow to maturity. Barry
Wilson was responsible for the success of this expedition as the shells were found at one of his favorite collecting areas.
Pathologically rostrate and melanistic shells of cowries have been known for about a century: all came from New Caledonia
especially from Noumea, where they live in the Bay of Mondoure (see Cernohorsky 1962, Sean Raynon Sabado, NS #32:4). However,
they have also been collected in other localities of New Caledonia, e.g. in Prony Bay and in the peninsula Ducos (Dautzenberg
1906, Journ. de Conchyl. 54:263) and even in the southern island Pins (Schilder & Schilder 1952, Mem. Inst., Sci. Nat.
Bruxelles (2)45:201).
1. Cypraea lutea Gronovius, 1781 Zooph. Gron., pt. 3, p. V, pl. 19, fig. 17
C. lutea Gmelin, 1791 (Linn. Syst. Nat., ed. 13, 1:3414, no. 78) should replace it, as Gmelin was the first to validate it.
2. Cypraea corrosa Gronovius, 1781 Zooph. Gron.; pt. 3, p. V, pl. 18, fig. 10
The name corrosa had been used in a subspecific sense by the Schilders and other writers for the race of C. caurica Linné,
1758, from India, Ceylon and West Malaysia. The name should be replaced by C. caurica derosa Gmelin, 1791 (Linn. Syst. Nat.,
ed. 13, p. 3416), which has usually been regarded as a synonym to corrosa.
3. Amphiperas Meuschen, 1781 - Index to Zoophl. Gron., p. 293
The genus had Bulla ovum Linné, 1758, as type species; it should be replaced by the well-known Ovula Bruguière, 1789 (Enc.
Méth. Vers., 1:15).
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