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You will note that Area 4 is about 18 feet (3 fathoms) deeper than the area immediately off-shore. In this deep water (12
fathoms) lies a large expanse of deep sand in constantly moving windrows. This area has produced only sand dwellers common in
most such habitats of Philippines. The only exceptional shell collected from this area were quite large Terebra maculata.
Area 5 is also quite barren since it is basically deep coral in heavy windrows. Trochus intextus and Turbo intercostalis are
the only shells found regularly in this area. Both shells being quite common in areas much easier to collect from than this.
In a sand patch between two windrows of coral I did collect my first live Tonna perdix and, in another nearby spot, my first
live Tritonalia tritonis. On the inshore edge of this area I also collected a dead specimen of Murex elongatus. The second
specimen of this shell found at Barber's Point was collected along the dashed line just under the letter "n" in pipeline.
Off Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, they dredged three specimens of the extremely rare Murex argo Clench. This species was
previously known from only two or three specimens taken off the Island of Grenade, Lesser Antilles.
By the end of next year, they hope to collect in the South of Brazil in the States of Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, and
Rio Grande do Sul. It will take them about three years to cover the 7,200 kilometers of coastline.
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