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Strombus mariabelles
Recently T. A. Garrard (1963, Journ. Mall Soc. Australia 7:45, pl. 7, fig. 5-6) described Neosimnia tinctura n. sp. from
Moreton Bay. The dentate outer lip excludes it from Neosimnia or Pellasimnia (which genus replaces Neosimnia in the
Indo-Pacific) and from the subfamily Volvinae altogether; it really belongs to the other subfamily, Ovulinae, of the family
Ovulidae (which name must replace Amphiperatidae since the author of Amphiperas, (Gronow), has been declared invalid by
opinion 261 of the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature).
The general characters of tinctura agree with Primovuia striatula Sowerby and its Eastern subspecies renovata Iredale, which
have been figured in my monograph of Amphiperatinae in 1932 (Proc. Malac. Soc. London 20:58, figs. 17 and 16 respectively),
and differ quite from Pellasimnia formicaria Sowerby and P. subreflexa Adams & Reeve with which Gerrard compared his "new
species." Primovula striatula striatula lives in the Arabian Sea, its subspecies renovata spreads from Malaysia through
Queensland to Sydney, and a third subspecies, verconis Cotton & Godfrey, has been found in South Australia and Albany (see
Schilder 1941, Archiv. Mollusk. 73:107).
The renovata from Mackay and Yeppoon as well as those from Port Jackson are purplish pink with a whitish dorsal zone, a paler
pink outer lip, and orange extremities, the tinctura from Moreton Bay, however, are fawn with the base almost fulvous, but
otherwise identical in general features (as dorsal striation and keel, dentition of the outer lip, funiculum, fossula, orange
extremities, etc.) except in size and shape: Chart by Maria Schilder
Area 6 is basically a flat coral plain with a silty bottom with intermittent medium and large coral heads and a few scattered
coral slabs. A great deal of the area was ruined for shelling when I blasted the mooring trenches across the area to
facilitate anchoring the tankers in this mooring. The western end and seaward side still offer excellent collecting for scuba
divers.
Area 7 is nearly a continuation of Area 6 except for the greater amount of thick coral rubble. Collecting in this area is not
as good and is limited to the more common shells. The seaward edge, in about 20 fathoms, will produce many of the more rare
bivalves such as listed for Area 6.
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