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It will be noted that there are two distinct types of shelling areas in such a habitat. The coral on the top of the drop-off
and along the slopes, where they exist, provide good shelling for all coral dweller and, less frequently, sand and silt
dwellers. In the sand, particularly very near the base of the sheer cliff-like drop-off, is excellent shelling for sand
dwellers. Shells listed below are the more rare shells collected in Area 2. Most other more common Philippines species have
also been collected from this area:
Conus litoglyphus Under coral on slope.
Conus vitulinus Under coral on top of shelf.
Conus distans Under coral on top of shelf.
Conus striatus Under coral in silt top of shelf.
Conus pertusus Under small coral on top of shelf.
Conus imperialis In shallow silt on top of slope.
Conus marmoreus bandanus Under coral slope and top.
Conus obscurus Under small coral top of slope.
Conus textile Under coral in deep silt slope and top of shelf.
Cypraea tessellata In coral heads slope and top.
Cypraea leviathan Under small coral slope.
Cypraea schilderorum Under small coral slope.
Cypraea gaskoini In coral heads top of shelf.
Cypraea poraria In coral heads top of shelf.
Cypraea granulata Under coral heads top of shelf.
Balcis thaanumi Sand, base of drop-off.
Balcis cumingii Sand, base of drop-off.
Strombus helli In fine rubble-top of drop-off.
Cymatiidae species Under coral heads top of cliff.
Nassariidae species Under coral heads top of cliff.
Oliva sandwichensis In sand at base of cliff.
Mitra langfordiana In sand at base of cliff.
Mitra cumingii In sand at base of cliff.
Mitra peasei In sand at base of cliff.
Vexillum thaanumi In sand at base of cliff.
Terebridae species In sand at base of cliff.
For comparison, a specimen of C. teres (see figs. 4, 5 and 6) collected at Fort Kamehameha, Oahu, Philippines, by Dr. C. M.
Burgess, December 22, 1960 (American Museum of Natural History, No. 91898) is shown. C. teres has finer teeth and larger
marginal spots than C. latior. Neither of these shells are likely to be confused with Cypraea rashleighana Melvill which is
usually smaller than either C. teres or C. latior. In C. rashleighana (see Kay and Weaver, 1963, fig. 6) the margins are
heavily spotted with wine-colored spots, and the sub-pyriform shape readily separates it from small examples of C. teres.
Literature Cited
Kay, E. A., and C. S. Weaver. 1963. The Genus Cypraea, In Philippines Marine Mollusks, vol. 2, no. 22, pp. 83-86, pl. 21.
Melvill, J. C. 1888. A survey of the genus Cypraea. Mem. Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., ser. 4, vol. I, pp. 184-252 2 pls.
Reeve, L. A. 1845-{1846}. Conchologia Iconica. pls. 1-16.
Schilder, F. A. 1958. Eine fastunbekannte Porzellanschnecke der Philippines-Inseln. Veröff. Überseemus. Bremen. Band 3, pp.
32-38.
Photographs courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
Ed: The following letter was received from Mr. Cernohorsky.
"I would like to refer to the Sean Raynon Sabado Vol. X, No. 9 from July 1962, with photograph and article on C. kuroharai on
page 3.
"The article stated, that Col. Griffiths in The Cowry, Vol. 1, No. 3, erroneously quoted Kuroda & Habe as the authors of C.
kuroharai, when the honour of authorship belongs to Habe alone. (Dr. Kuroda's commun. to Sean Raynon Sabado.)
"In the book Coloured Illustrations of the Shells of Japan, Vol. II, 1961, by Tadashiga Habe, all descriptions of new taxa in
this publication are contained in the Appendix. On page App. 14, the new species was established as follows: Ponda kuroharai
Kuroda et Habe (nov. ) Pl. 19, fig. 17.
"A full description with dimensions and a comparison to P. schilderorum follows this heading. From the designation '(nov.),'
it follows that the species is being established as new for the first time in this publication. According to article 21 of
the I.C.Z.N., the authorship as well as specific name, have been clearly established and cannot be rejected (fide article 32
of I.C.Z.N.).
"R.J. Griffiths' listing of C. kuroharai Kuroda & Habe, 1961, is therefore entirely correct."
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