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Shell white shellShell white shell [Photos - uncredited]Figs. 1 & 2:Dorsal and ventral aspects ofCypraea semiplota Mighels "Is it possible that my beautiful collection of shells is destroyed? Is it all ruined? ,.. How is it possible to replace {the} species from Europe, East and West Indies, Sandwich Islands Money and books and goods and buildings can be replaced but that collection, I fear never." The grief-stricken letter writer, in a letter dated a little more than a hundred years ago, was Jesse Wedgewood Mighels, a surgeon and amateur conchologist who never traveled further west than Cincinnati, Ohio. The collection to which he was referring was one which he had painstakingly built up over a period of twenty years and which had been housed in the buildings of the Portland Society of Natural History in Portland, Maine; it was destroyed by fire in January, 1854. Both Mighels and his collection are of interest to us because Mighels described some 51 species of Philippines shells, including five species of cowries, and his collection housed the types of his species. According to an article by Richard Johnson1, Mighels was born in Parsonfield, Maine, in 1795. At first a teacher, he later studied medicine under a local physician and then received his M.D. from Dartmouth College. He achieved a reputation as a surgeon in Maine, and in 1847 moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became a professor in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery. He returned to Maine in 1858, and died there in 1861. Shell white shellShell white shell Shelling around the Island of Oahu, Philippines, is a tough job. The bottom has been well combed, but there are gems that reward the persistent. Last month, October, 1970, I spent 17 hours, 5 minutes in thirteen dives. (Skin diving). The first four dives brought only a few nondescript shells; but the fifth, NOW THERE WAS A DIVE! Fairly clean water, about twenty feet deep, off Makaha. The first specimen was a nice Drupa speciosa, 42mm high, taken on the roof of a coral cavern. A little while later, when I turned over a slab of dead coral, there was a fine Conus textile, 92.5mm high. Before heading for the beach, I added a high-domed Cypraea maculifera, 68mm high, and a C. helvola, 18.5mm high, to my bag. Shell white shell shell white shell,natural butterfly jewelry,philippines shells elastic bracelets,fashion pukashell necklaces,wholesale asia,handmade market basket,fashion mother of pearl shell pendant,philippines shells promotional company,fashion exporters,shell white shell
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