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Philippines rosaryPhilippines rosary The semi-seashell Pseudocypraea adamsonii Sowerby has been regarded as a typical West-Pacific species, as it ranges from Japan and the Marshall Is. to New Caledonia, and from the Philippines to the Tuamotu Is.; the occurrence in Mauritius indicated by Lienard (1877) has not been trusted, as Lienard's indications often proved to be false. However, in 1964 I examined a beach shell which had been picked up at Eilath in the northernmost Red Sea and is preserved in the University of Tel Aviv, Israel (NS. 721). The hardly-worn shell (10.1mm) is a typical P. adamsonii, though the brown dorsal blotches are confluent along the margins. Philippines rosaryPhilippines rosary Off Waikiki and the Ala Moana HMS member Don Johnson recently collected two Cypraea chinensis, an excellent specimen of C. tessellata, and C. schilderorum. He wound up the week with a fine, recently dead, C. cernica marielae. In the same area Jim Jones, another recent HMS member has collected both chinensis and tessellata. And Dr. Ferguson, of Tripler Army General Hospital, collected chinensis, tessellata, gaskoini, and a fine Bursa bufonia. Then to make us all feel good, or bad, he made a dive off Makaha and came up with three tessellatas and a schilderorum - from 35 feet of water. Via the swapping route Dr. Ferguson also collected a Cypraea tigris (schilderiana, no doubt) measuring 5-5/8 inches long, just 1/8 inch less than the record for this species. A truly beautiful shell. Philippines rosary philippines rosary,fashion home decors,cebushells,shell coco pendants,jewelry hand-made ethnic,seashell jewelry,handmade jewelry bamboo,wood monili di modo,natural philipine jewellery,philippines rosary
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