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IHSN December 2006, Month Section Index 

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Hawaiian Malacological Society Christmas Dinner Meeting 2 

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Shelling Events (Conventions, shell shows, auctions, etc.) 5 

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Recent Finds by Sid Sneidar 8 

Grunge Finds by Sid Sneidar 11 

Recent Finds by David Watts 12 

Conus tigris diet by Wesley Thorsson 14 

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COA (Conchologists of America) List Server information 16 

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Pre-arrival 

Note: The usual staring time of 7:00 PM has been 

changed to 6:00 PM. Take this into your finely 

honed departure time from home. Allow for traffic 

delays: Somewhere City/County/State are 

probably repairing the roads and tunnels you will 

use. 

Reservations: Please make reservations by 

Saturday, 25 November 2006 to Dave Watts at 

674-9151 or Email wattsd001@hawaii.rr.com and 

mail the form included at the end of this notice or 

its equivalent with payment of $25.00 per person 

For those who are date impaired 

You will notice that by the time you receive and 

read this, you are too late to meet the deadline for 

mailing your intent to attend this festive occasion. 

However, you can pick up your phone now and 

call Dave Watts (974-9151) as he may be able to 

include you under the number of attendees he 

furnished the hotel. But do send in the form in the 

November iHMS Bulletin ssue with payment. 

Gift exchange: 

Prepare a gift-wrapped, shell-related gift 

for each member of your party who desires to 

receive a magnificent gift from another member. 

Christmas Dinner Meeting 

Wednesday, 6 December 2006 

At 6:30 PM 

Hale Koa Hotel 

2055 Kalia Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 

Laulima Rooms 1&2 

Events: 

Silent auction donations: 

All donations of shells or shell-related 

material or books will be cheerfully accepted by 

Dave Watts or any HMS officer, preferably prior 

to the dinner, but at the dinner if you come upon 

your donation late. 

Arrival 

The Hale Koa Hotel is probably the best 

decorated establishment in Honolulu for the 

Christmas season. Attendance sets a precedent for 

the season. Enjoy the decorations as you arrive, 

watch the activities and make your way to the 

second floor. Master of Ceremonies and Event 

Arranger is, as in the past, David Watts assisted by 

Jody Watts. Parking is available at the hotel 

garage across the street with a $2.00 fee with 

prevalidation received at the dinner. 

Pre-Dinner 

Check in with David or Jody Watts and 

present your shell-related gifts by placing them 

under the Christmas tree. Receive tickets for the 

gift exchange. Enjoy an opportunity to chat with 

and extend felicitations for the season to fellow 

members while enjoying drinks of your choice 

(pay-as-you-go bar), examining the outstanding 

decorations of the room and the wonders being 

presented on the silent auction table. Bid on items 


with great abandon to support the HMS 

educational programs 

Dinner 

Menu: Delectable assortment of heavy 

pupus served buffet style, usually including: Fresh 

market vegetables with creamy herb dip, seasonal 

tropical fruit trays, selection of international and 

domestic cheeses with fruit, sliced French bread 

and crackers, penne pasta with creamy wild 

mushroom sauce, bowtie pasta with bolognese 

meat sauce, shrimp, dim sum and scallop dim sum, 

chicken teriyaki skewers, panko breaded fried 

shrimp, cocktail sauce, tempura style mahi-mahi 

skewer with lemon garlic mayonnaise. 

Enjoy the company of your dinner table old 

friends and guests. Swap collecting stories, some 

of which will be reputed to be absolutely true. 

This meal has been enjoyed by our members at this 

event for many years. 

After Dinner 

One of the purposes of this meeting is to install 

the HMS officers and directors for 2007. Awards 

for outstanding work in the past years are also 

made. You probably know you are eligible. If not, 

do more in the next years. HMS operates entirely 

with volunteers. Its publications succeed only if 

you contribute. 

Are there still people you haven’t met? 

Introduce yourself. All attendees have had 

HMS Christmas Dinner Meeting continued 

interesting lives with varied experiences. Find out 

what you have in common: probably much more 

than shells. 

Gift exchange: 

When Dave calls your ticket number, it is 

your turn to pick up a gift at the Christmas tree. 

Remember good things come in small packages. 

But then, so do some big things. However, you 

don’t always get to keep your gift anyway. There 

are a lot of ways to encourage you to trade your 

gift for another. 

Silent Shell Auction: 

As a finale, the not-always-so-silent auction 

is closed and you can pick up those shells you have 

always wanted and pay for them. 

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Departure: 

Another opportunity to observe the hotel’s 

splendid decorations. Time to remember just 

where you parked your car. Validated parking in 

hotel parking garage, $2 fee if you remembered to 

get your parking ticket validated by Jody or Dave. 

Have a safe drive home observing the decorations 

by the city, hotels, stores and private homes. Some 

home decorations probably exceed your own. 

Make a promise to yourself to be more prepared 

for next year. 


HMS Christmas Dinner Meeting continued Reservations and Dues Payment 

Reservations Form for December HMS Meeting: 

Names of Persons attending: 

____________________________ 

_____________________________ 

_____________________________ 

Prepayment attached ($25.00 each) $________________ 

Dues Renewal Form for 2006 Dues expire on December 31. 

Dues year applicable 2006 2007 2008 (circle applicable years). 

Names : EMail Addresses 

__________________________________ ___________________________________ 

Phone number 

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Names : EMail Addresses 

__________________________________ ___________________________________ 

Phone number 

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Dues Payment Amount attached $ ____________________ $15.00 per person per year 


2006 SHELL SHOWS 

& RELATED EVENTS 

Note on format: 

The information on events was that presented to 

Donald Dan. Generally each event is in the following 

order: Some elements are missing as presented 

to Donald Dan 

Date of event 

Sponsoring organization 

City where event will be held 

Address of event 

Name of person to contact 

Address of contact 

Phone number of contact 

Fax number of contact 

Email for information 

Following information is subject to change. 

Please verify with individual organizations. 

Jan. 19-21, 2007 

SPACE COAST SHELL FESTIVAL 

Melbourne, FL 

The Melbourne Auditorium, 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd. 

& Bobbi Cordy, 385 Needle Blvd. 

Merritt Is., FL 32953 

E-mail: corshell@earthlink.net 

(321) 452-5736 

Jan. 26-28 

BROWARD SHELL SHOW, 

Pompano Beach, FL 

Pompano Beach Recreation Center, 

NE 18 th Av. & NE 6 th St. 

Linda Sunderland, 

3970 NW 39 th Street 

Sunrise, FL 33351 

E-mail: klshells@mindspring.com 

(954) 749-9858 

Coming Malacological Events 

Jan. 27-28 

NEW ZEALAND SHELL SHOW 

Wellington, NZ 

Deirdre Standish, 

116 Te Anau Road 

Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand 

E-mail: deirdre.standish@clear.net.nz 

64 (49) 386 554 

Feb. 16-18 

SARASOTA SHELL SHOW 

Sarasota, FL 

Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, 

Tamiami Trail 

Fran Schlusemann 

11328 Rivers Bluff Circle 

Bradenton, FL 34202 

E-mail: hanksfran@aol.com 

(941) 739-0908 

Feb. 24-25 

ST. PETERSBURG SHELL SHOW, 

Seminole, FL 

Note: New Location - 

Seminole Recreation Center, 9100 113 th St. N. 

Bob & Betty Lipe 

348 Corey Avenue 

St. Pete Beach, FL 33706 

E-mail: blipe@tampabay.rr.com. 

Exhibit form available at web site: http://web. 

tampabay.rr.com/shellclub 

(727) 391-2197; FAX: 360-3668 


Mar. 1 - 3 

SANIBEL SHELL SHOW 

Sanibel, FL 

Sanibel Community Center, Periwinkle Way 

Marilyn Northrop, 1528 Education Court 

Lehigh Acres, FL 33971 

E-mail: mjnorthrop@worldnet.att.net 

(239) 694-1837 

Mar. 10-11 

TREASURE COAST SHELL CLUB SHOW 

Jensen Beach, FL 

Langford Park Field House, 2369 N.E. Dixie Highway 

Carole Marshall, 932 Cochran Drive, 

Lake Worth, Florida, 33461-5711 

E-mail: marshalldq.aol.com 

(561) 582-2148 

Mar. 17-18 

XIXéme RECONTRES 

INTERNATIONALES DU COQUILLAGE 

Paris, France 

Bourse de Commerce, 2 rue des Viarmes 

75004 Paris, France 

M. & D. Wantiez, 88, Rue du General Leclerc 

95210 Saint Gratien, France 

E-mail: wantiez.mada@wanadoo.fr 

33 (1) 34-17-00-39 

Mar. 15-17 

MARCO ISLAND SHELL CLUB SHOW 

XXIV, 

Marco Is., FL 

Marco Presbyterian Church, Elkcam Circle 

Amy Tripp, 961 Swallow Ave., #208 

Marco Island, FL 34145 

(239) 393-1770 

Coming Malacological Events Continued 

April 28 

BRITISH SHELL COLLECTOR'S 

CLUB CONVENTION, 

N. Romford, England 

North Romford Community Centre, 

Clockhouse Lane, Collier Row 

Tom Walker, 38 Redlands Road 

Reading, Berkshire RG1 5HD, England 

E-mail: tom@tmwalker.co.uk 

44 (118) 987-4294 

May 5 - 6 

XVII BELGIUM INTERNATIONAL SHELL 

SHOW, 

Antwerp, Belgium 

Schijnpoort, Schijnpoort Straat 

Charles Krijnen, Burgemeester Jansenstraat 10 

NL-5037 NC Tilburg, Nederland 

E-mail: bvc.shellshow@planet.nl 

Web site: www.bvc-gloriamaris.be/beurs_e.htm 

31 (13) 463 0607 

May 26-27 

SUNCOAST CONCHOLOGISTS’ 

SHELLERS JAMBOREE 

Dunedin, FL 

Venue address to be decided - 

Alice Monroe, 2648 Timbercrest Circle West 

Clearwater, FL 33763-1626 

E-mail: monroe@spjc.edu 

(727) 796-5115 

Jun. 16-17 

JACKSONVILLE SHELL SHOW 

Jacksonville, FL 

Morocco Shrine Temple, 

3800 St. Johns Bluff Road 

Judy Blocker, 2109 Beach Avenue 

Atlantic Beach, FL32233-5932 

(904) 246-4012 


Jul. 14-15 

KEPPEL BAY SHELL SHOW 

Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia 

Yeppoon Town Hall 

Jean M. Offord, 277 McDougall St., 

N. Rockhampton, Qld. 4701, Australia 

(7) 4928-3509 

Jul. 15-20 

WORLD CONGRESS OF MALACOLOGY 

JOINT UNITAS & 

AMERICAN MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

MEETING 

Antwerp, Belgium 

University of Antwerp, Groenenborger Laan 171, 

B-2020, Antwerp 

Dr. Thierry Backeljau 

E-mail: wcm@naturalsciences.be 

Web sites: www.ucd.ie/zoology/unitas & www. 

malacological.org 

32 (2) 627-4339 

Jul. 21-22 

TOWNSVILLE SHELL SHOW 

Townsville, Queensland, Australia 

Cutharinga Bowls Club on Harold Street, West 

End 

Glenda Rowse, 19 Farrell Street 

Kirwan 4814, Queensland, Australia 

(7) 4773-2817 

Coming Malacological Events Continued 

Aug. 1- 

CONCHOLOGISTS OF AMERICA 

ANNUAL CONVENTION 

Portland, Oregon 

The Monarch Hotel, 12566 SE 93 rd Avenue, 

Clakamas, OR 

Joyce Matthys [addresses change during the year as 

shown] 

October – April: 1842 

Woodstock Circle NW, 

Salem, OR 97304 

(503) 585-5286 

May – September: 

1119 Periwinkle Way #52, 

Sanibel Island, FL 33957 

(239) 472-2885 

E-mail: joycematthys@aol.com 

Web site: www.conchologistsofamerica.org 

This information was collected and distributed by 

DONALD DAN, COA Award Chairman 

6704 Overlook Drive 

Ft. Myers, FL 33919, U.S.A. 

Tel. Voice & Fax (239) 481-6704 

E-mail: donaldan@aol.com 

Many thanks to Donald Dan for this service. 


A B C 

Vexillum (Costellaria) 

leucozonias 

(Deshayes, 1834 

1 with chipped lip 

September 2006 Recent Finds Report 

By Sid Sneidar 

At several recent HMS Meetings I passed out forms for recording and reporting molluscan observations 

This months return of such observations is by Dave Watts at Waianae and Nanakuli on the west 

side of Oahu, Hawaii were very productive. Two dives were made at 110’ - 120’ at Waianae and one at 

50’ -70’ at Nanakuli. On the Waianae dives, Dave had help from divers Bill Barney and Don Hubner. 

Thanks to all of you. Photos of the shells were taken by Mark Silva and follow with notes. 

Discounting the many diverse micro shells, the following is a partial list with some images of shells 

not needing a microscope for viewing. Most were from grunge taken under rubble. 

Euchelus corrugatus 

Pease, 1861 

1 Gem 

Bursa rosa 

(Perry, 1811) 

1 


Recent Finds continued 

A B C 

Cerithium rostratum 

Sowerby, 1855 

2 Fresh dead 

Conus pertusus 

Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792 

Faded 

D E 

F 

Imbricaria olivaeformis 

(Swainson, 1812) 

1 Fresh dead, immature 

Vexillum (Costellaria) 

filistriatum 

(Sowerby, 1874) 

Strombus dentatus 

Linnaeus, 1758 

1 Fresh dead 

Xenoturris kingae 

Powel, 1964 


A 

Molluscs not photographed were: 

Recent finds continued 

Vexillum (Pusia) rubrum 

(Broderip, 1836) 

3: 1 gem, 1 slightly faded, 1 very faded. 

Quantity Genus Species Author Comments 

2 Costellaria micra (Pilsbry, 1921) 1 fresh dead 

2 Vex. (Pusia) rubrum (Broderip, 1836) 1 fresh dead 

1 Imbricaria conovula (Q. & G., 1833 1 fresh dead 

1 Mitra newcombi Pease, 1969 1 faded 

3 Mitra typha Reeve, 1845 1 fresh dead 

1 M. (Strigatella) saltata Pease, 1865 

1 Modulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791) Gem 

1 Pterygia pudica (A. Adams, 1854) damaged aperture 

1 Scabricola newcombi (Pease, 1869) faded 

1 Strombus helli Kiener, 1843 immature lip 

Comments from Hawaiian Marine Shells by E. Alison Kay re: 

Cerithiun rostratum, “This is a rarely found shell in Hawaiian waters etc.” 

Conus pertusus, “These cones are rather uncommon etc.” 

Vexillum rubrum, “These costellarids occur at depths of about 20m - to 60m” 

Euchelus corrugatus, “rare along shorelines of Oahu, Maui and Hawaii.” 

Mitra newcombi, “appears to be endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.” 

Mitra typha, “not uncommonly found at depths of from 20 to 100 meters” 

Pterygia pudica, “These miters are uncommon, occurring at depths of 16 to 80 m.” 

Strombus dentatus, “Living animals have been dredged at depths of 70 to 80 m.” 

Vexillum (Costellaria) leucozonias, “These costellarids are very rare etc.” 

Vexillum (Costellaria) filistriatum, “Shells of V. filistriatum are uncommon etc.” 


More grunge finds by Sid Sneidar 

Reading some of my grunge articles, one may wonder, “Why is Sid saving all those dead damaged 

and faded shells?” The answer, quite simply is that shell collecting to me is and must remain a hobby. I 

do not strive to have the most, the largest, the most perfect or the rarest; either singly or collectively. For 

me, an imperfect or even partial shell in my collection is fine until a better specimen comes along. It is, 

nonetheless, a bit of an adrenalin rush to find a rare/uncommon or gem specimen of a shell; especially one 

not in my collection. 

Additionally, the hobby affords me the opportunity to associate with nice people of the same avocation, 

develop some digital imaging techniques using a stereo microscope, the computer and camera. It 

also helps keep the old gray matter functioning and the learning process is continuous. 

While doing a grunge sort collected by J. J. Jackson from the Makaha area of Oahu, Hawaii in 

early August of this year, I got that adrenalin rush when I found an Epitonium I had not seen in all my 15 

years of collecting the "wee ones". 

It is about .7.5 mm and I almost missed it while looking through my stereomicroscope. Wes 

Thorsson says he thinks it is an immature Epitoniidae Asperiscala goldsmithi DuShane, 1988 but conceeds 

it might be different.. I think it is closer to Epitonium thorssoni, DuShane, 1988 when comparing 

images in Hawaiian Epitoniidae by Helen DuShane. 

You be the judge: Images of all three are below. Sneidar photo on left, Dushane photos from 

HSN insert January, 1990 on right. 

Sneidar’s specimen 

Asperiscala goldsmithi 

Dushane, 1988 

Epitonium thorssoni 

Dushane, 1988 


Recent finds continued by David Watts: Cypraea ostergaardi 

Dall, 1921 

A B C 

D 

Cypraea ostergaardi Dall, 1921 18.6 mm 

I was off Waianae on Sunday afternoon diving with Bill Barney. 

On the first dive I was primarily looking for Pecten langfordi and not 

having much luck except for single valves which are always good for 

jewelry. Late in the dive as I was fanning some thick weed and light rubble, 

a small Cypraea popped up from near the top. The first thing I saw 

was a bright white base. When I turned it over to see what I had, I could 

see large dark spots along with a very dark dorsum. I knew I had a 

dead, but fairly decent Cypraea ostergaardi. I tucked the shell away in 

my lucky sock. I looked around the area for a few more minutes and 

then had to start back to the surface. On the boat when I took the shell 

out of the sock, I would see just how nice it was. See the photos above. 

The shell has great gloss all over the dorsum. Part of the base has a dull spot. It looks to me t be 

a very freshly dead shell. I’ve found quite a few dead Cypraea ostergaardi over time, but this is the best 

one I’ve found myself. It is far from one that has been dead for quite a while. I had assumed that Cypraea 

ostergaardi was no longer alive on Oahu but always hoped they would come back. Could it be 

that maybe this year they are coming back? 

We had no luck finding any more on the second dive that day, but we were surely looking. 

I had to wash my boat real well at the end of the day to get all the drool from Bill off the boat. 


Editor’s comments: 

So far as I know, most C. ostergaardi from 

Oahu were found near Waikiki. Ray McKinsey 

found one ten feet from me at Haleiwa one day 

many years ago at about 60 feet under rubble. I 

found one fairly far from that spot but also at 

Haleiwa in a goody bag someone had lost and left 

Recent finds continued by David Watts continued 

on the bottom. I also found a quite dead specimen 

off Waikiki after a hurricane had moved a lot of 

sand. 

The majority I know of are from Kauai 

where a group of us looked for several weeks in 

the correct area with no luck. 

We would be glad to hear from the rest of 

the lucky people who have found one or more. 

Cymatium rubeculum by David Watts 

A B 

Cymatium (Septa) 

rubeculum (Linnaeus, 1758) 

29.4 mm 

I was diving with Trenton Tam off Nanakuli 

on Monday, 9 October, 2006. We were at 

about 40 to 50 feet deep, swimming along a ledge 

and I noticed a Cymatium under a small coral head. 

I got it out from under the coral head and could 

see that it was a large Cymatium rubeculum. It was 

crabbed, but still had the periostracum on it so it 

was fresh dead. I don’t find nice red specimens 

very often at all, and when I do, they are usually 

quite small. This one is quite large and in great 

shape. 


Conus Textile Diet by Wesley Thorsson 

I have been a collector and observer of 

molluscs since about the time I first was transferred 

to Hawaii in 1951. I had a simple 35 mm slide 

camera and photographed some shells in about 

1954, Not many great slides resulted from that 

camera. In 1989 I purchased a Pentax SLR camera 

with macro, and reversible wide angle lens along 

with a nice bellows that brought me into the world 

of macro photography. I photographed every live 

species that I could find or borrow. The results 

were mounted in loose leaf binders with photo corners 

and text computer-printed pasted alongside 

the photos. A number of the albums were completed 

in two books with covers having suitable 

photos of shells. One of two copies of each of the 

finished albums was donated to Bishop Museum. 

In later years, the albums were in computer 

files with the photos scanned into graphic files and 

inserted on file pages along with text. Each species 

was preceded by a thorough description of the species. 

When available, photos of the animals were 

included as one of the main goals of the albums. 

My computer room became vastly overcrowded 

with books, computers, printers, scanners, 

camera setups for still photos of shells and 

aquarium setups for animal photos. Time was at 

hand to reduce the number of things. I had arranged 

with the Academy of Natural Sciences in 

Philadelphia (ANSP) to send the photo albums to 

them for whatever use they could make of them. 

But prior to sending the albums, I scanned 

all those not on computer files so that I would still 

have access to the albums, but from my computer 

rather than book shelves. In scanning the Conidae 

albums, when I did Conus textile, I came across the 

following writeup: 

It was my understanding that Conus textile 

Linnaeus, 1758 fed on other mollusks about once a 

week. A C. textile placed in my aquarium for 13 

days had 2 to 3 meals a day, depending on the size 

of the shell eaten. The first night a Conus vexillum 

Gemlin, 1791 and a Cypraea gaskoini Reeve, 1846 

were emptied. The next morning I watched while a 

Cymatium (Septa) intermedius (Pease, 1869) was 

consumed in about an hour. 

When I ran low on food for it, I added 10 

Theodoxus cariosus (Wood, 1828) which I 

doubted would be eaten as it grows in splash zones 

compared to the Conus textile’s preference for 

deeper water. However, when one was dropped in 

front of the textile, it promptly grabbed it and 

brought it into its grip. No shooting of venom 

barbs was observed, merely the lifting and falling of 

the cone as it tried to get the animal out of the 

shell. In ten minutes the Theodoxus was empty and 

rejected. 

On another day I placed a Bursa granularis 

(Roding, 1798) nearby and the textile almost immediately 

injected venom into the body of the 

Bursa which promptly retracted into its shell. The 

textile inserted the front of its foot onto the Bursa 

and applied suction and gradually entered the 

Bursa’s shell. Thirty minutes later the Bursa was 

empty. When the textile injected venom into the 

Bursa, a brittle starfish, Ophiocoma pica Muller 

and Troschel, had its arms about 2 to 5 cm above 

the Bursa and immediately and most rapidly moved 

to the other side of the aquarium and then became 

spastic for a few minutes before becoming completely 

relaxed for about an hour. It then recovered 

normal activity. Apparently enough venom was 

sprayed in the general area to strongly affect the 

starfish. 

Other shells eaten were Cypraea schildeorum 

(Iredale, 1939), a second Cymatium intermedius, 

a second Bursa granularis, Cypraea sulcidentata 

Gray, 1824, Morula granulata (Duclos, 

1832), and it was attempting to eat a Nerita polita 

Linnaeus, 1758 (but it died with its operculum 

tightly closed) when I finally removed the textile 

for shipment. Ignored were: Bursa rhodostoma 

Sowerby, 1841 (which managed to keep far away 

from the textile), Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758 

and some Isognomon legumen (Gmelin, 1791). 


Generally the textile is not a very fussy eater. 

One thing that is often difficult in dealing 

with dredged material is identifying juveniles. 

Very few shell books illustrate juveniles. Normally, 

it is considered improper to collect juveniles 

as you should leave them to grow up and reproduce. 

However, shells normally lay enough eggs 

to vastly overpopulate any area if all grow to maturity. 

Most of the young, particularly when they 

become part of the plankton are eaten by various 

other animals. Those many that are not eaten die 

A 

B 

Conus textile continued 

Conus textile 

Linnaeus, 1758. 

of other causes and become part of the sand on the 

bottom. When you dredge, a large portion of the 

shells in a dredge-haul are juveniles. They have 

been dead for some time so there is no advantage 

in just throwing them away. You should use them 

to establish a growth series to use in identifying juveniles. 

Following are photos of a few juvenile C. 

textiles. 

D E A is photo 069-18 station 790801AS 11mm. 

B is photo 088-07 station 890427BH 9 mm. 

C is photo 085-07 station 801118AH 3.2 mm. 

D is photo 060-16 station 790801AS 19 mm. 

E is photo 067-19 station 690927AS 88 mm 

Note: Fig. C is not a C. textile as indicated by the 

number of protoconch whorls. I had misidentified 

it. What is it? 

Frank Perron showed that specimens from the 

same batch of eggs of C. pennaceuscan have two 

different colored protoconchs. 

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