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In the same issue, Eugene Coan starts an account of the Mollusca of the Santa Barbara County area, by listing the Pelecypoda
and Scaphopoda, with notes and bibliography. A series of excellent plates are given showing the fine structure of the
follicle gland of the freshwater snail, Lumnaea auricularia, found near Concord, California, the work of Richard S. Nishioka,
Leonard Simpson, and Howard A. Bern. The gastropod known as Murex rhyssa Dall is renamed Pteropupurata vokesae by William K.
Emerson. Nettie and George E. MacGinitie describe the habitats and breeding seasons of the shelf limpet, Crepidula
norrisiarum Williamson, with a plate showing it growing on Norrisia norrisi (Sowerby). Franz Alfred Schilder presents a
provisional classification of the genus Notocypraea, a cowry found in Tasmania. Myra Keen and Bruce Campbell describe ten new
species of Typhinae from Japan, Panama, Colombia, Mexico, New Zealand, and Australia. There are also other papers, notes,
news, and reviews. The Editorial Board reads like an impressive 'Who's who' on Pacific Coast Mollusca.
Since joining the H. M. S. about a year ago I have been most interested in reading the H. S. N. and enjoy the accounts of
shelling in Philippines. I wonder if your readers would be interested in hearing about shelling in the Florida Keys. Our
group here in Fort Myers shells regularly at nearby Punta Rassa, Fort Myers Beach and Bonita Beach. But our favorite spot now
is in the Marathon area in the Florida Keys, about 250 miles from Fort Myers.
In the lower branches near the ocean bottom might be found species of Cymatium, Nassarius papillosus, Latirus nodus (although
this shell is more likely to be found out in the open), and several smaller cone species. The fine silt under the coral head
is a likely place for Conus textile and striatus, spiceri, pertusus, and Distorsio anus, to mention a few of the more
uncommon shells. Conus leopardus is usually found out in the open in sandy or slightly silty areas such as between the coral
heads and coral rubble in the photo. This also applies to Murex insularum and some of the more common deep water cones such
as lividus, flavidus, imperialis, morletti, and in shallower water, ebraeus and chaldaeus. An area as shown in the
accompanying photograph should provide collecting for at least 35 minutes which is my usual time for a single cylinder of air
in 60 to 70 feet of water. It could easily produce 15 to 20 species of shells. The secret of rewarding collecting is
thoroughness and patience. Like gold, the shells are there. All you have to do is find them.
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