Pee Plectusen. s Sesto SHELLS AND SEA LIFE | A monthly publication since 1969. , ‘ISSN 0747-6078 1701 Hyland St. 3 Bayside, CA 95524 é mere Roars. te $2.50 — October, 1985 — Vol. 17, No. 10 7 Shells and Sea Life, 17(10):217 Kirk Anders — Shell Guide Supreme (1945 - 1985) The shelling world was saddened by the news that Kirk Anders of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, died on October 1, 1985, after a relatively short illness. Kirk was known to many hundreds of conchologists, both private and professional, as the leading shelling tourmaster in the Americas. He was responsible for many important field discoveries among the marine mollusks, and gave many pleasurable hours of assistance to amateurs wanting to observe and collect shells. Kirk was-born in Seattle, Washington, on January 26, 1945, and grew up in Florida. After obtaining his B.A. from the University of South Florida, he taught science in a local high school, and then founded Shells of the Seas, Inc., and later the Kirk Anders Travel Co. He combined his love of travel, people, shells and teaching into a thriving shell touring business which took him and his friends to most of the famous shelling areas of the world, from Central America to West Africa and from the West Indies to Australia and Egypt. The tours are being continued by his associate and protege, Pete Bright. Kirk was a good communicator, as his many satisfied tour participants can testify. He was a co-founder and _ second President of the Conchologists of America (COA), and was President of the flourishing Broward Shell Club of Florida in 1971- 72. For a brief period he issued an excellent popular magazine called The Shell Collector. His private collection consisted of over 10,000 species of worldwide mollusks. Kirk shared his knowledge and his shell specimens with everyone who was fortunate to have known him. His gentle nature, his warming sense of humor and his helpful hand will be remembered by many. At his own request, Kirk was cremated and his ashes scattered in the eternal waters of the Gulf Stream off Florida. Those of his friends who wish to express their appreciation of Kirk’s many kindnesses may make a token or substantial contribution to the scholarship or educational funds of either the COA (c/o Treasurer, Walter Sage, III, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024) or his Broward Shell Club (P.O. Box 10146, Pompano Beach, FL 33061). These tax- deductible remembrances would keep Kirk’s traditions and goals alive for many years to come. — R. Tucker Abbott, Melbourne, Florida. ¢*e: #¢ & & Shells and Sea Life, 17(10):218 EDITOR'S NOTES By the time you read this editorial, you should be used to our new format. A lot of thought has gone into this format and we hope you will enjoy our efforts. We hope to increase the pages in upcoming issues and add several columns to the publication. This will depend primarily on what you — the readers — submit. For the present, we are not encouraging new species description Or major taxonomic works in Shells and Sea Life. Works of this nature will be handled as "Occasional Papers" and printed in a smaller, bound format with higher quality paper and printing including color, as required. They will remain "occasional" publications to allow proper review and editing. We hope that most of you will have this issue in your hands before the end of October and that you will receive the November issue very early in November. We have done it — caught up! We are very pleased with the response we have hadso far. The August issue was published on October 14, 1985. The September issue was published on October 17th, 1985 and the October issue was published on October 22, 1985. I have never doubted our ability to catch up and could not understand why a few of our customers were concerned. Then one of my friends in the publishing business pointed out that no publication he was aware of had ever recovered after falling behind in schedule. I guess that we were too dumb to know that it could not be done. Thanks to all of you who helped us keep going. Sally will likely spend most of November in England with her parents. We will be working hard to keep up with book orders and ee ee subscriptions. Please get all of your Christmas orders in as soon as possible so that we can get them out to you in time. seeing delays in the mail and U.P.S. deliveries. We are already We hope to get to the Western Society of Naturalists’ meetings between Christmas and New Years. Best regards, Gordes Editorial Staff Managing Editor ................. Steven J. 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Finding there many shells he could not identify, he set about giving them names. In a Series of four privately published monographs, he named a total of 123 shells between 1959 and 1971. Many of his "new species" were, of course, already represented in the literature, but a few of his names are valid, and I have been trying to discover which they are. I hope to share my conclusions when they are complete, but in the meanwhile I’d like to ask for help in the investigation. Some others of the shells I’d like information about are: Pseudostomatella cycloradiata. Named in 1959 as a varicty of P. delicata; Nowell-Usticke later changed it to a variety of P. erythracoma. It does not resemble either shell and, in fact, is different than any Caribbean shell I know! There are two specimens in ‘the collection: a juvenile and a larger shell. They are strikingly colored white with reddish stripes, about 5 mm in diameter. When Nowell-Usticke died, his collection went to the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Bill Old went down to St. Croix to collect what he could of the shells in the short time available and managed to find most of the holotypes and some paratypes of the shells Nowell-Usticke named. The illustrations in his monographs are very poor (in fact, some of the newly named shells are not pictured or even described), and some of them are | missing from the museum’s collection. These are: | Lucapinella limatula delicata (1969) : Vanikora incerta (1959) Bittium varium form turricula (1969) | Natica hayesae (1959) Anachis subcostulata variety subcincta (1969) Odostomia charlottae (1969) Tralia ovula sculpta (1959). Teinostoma mille punctata, - 1969. This tiny (2 mm) shell has many punctations on the surface caused by microscopic axial and spiral grooves. Cerithidea costata form barbudaensis, 1969. This is probably one of the few live-collected shells Usticke named. (Most Oe bis spcetmens appear | Heliacus crystalina, 1969. This is a lovely, tiny (4 Lo Mave ae in the mm) pure-white shell with delicate sculpturing. harbor dredging.) It is possibly Cerithidea costa- ta beattyi Bequaert, 1942. Size about 15 mm. Named in 1969, the genus was changed to Amphi- thalmus in the 1971 mon- \ ograph. This is not As- | siminea succinea, because it lacks the subustral groove of that species. There is only one speci- ~ men available, and the & nucleus is lost. Cerithiopsts cruzana, 1959 is about 4 mm, white with a subsutural band of orange-brown. There are two sets of spiral white nodes and one of orange. Shells and Sea Life, 17(10):219 Graphis _rotundata, 1969. (3 mm) Usticke compared this with Aclis underwoodae Bartsch, 1947, citing the new shell’s stronger ribs on the base and the presence of an umbilical chink as differences. The ribs are actually about the same on the base and upper whorls, but there is indeed an umbilicle chink. Cerithiopsis contrapupa, 1969 is also white and orange. There is a sub- sutural row of orange nodes and a white row below. Size 3 mm. Triphora novem, 1969 is very old and worn but may be a good species. The nuclear whorls and the first three whorls are white, the rest faded orange (probably origin- ally brown). The re- maining shell is 4 mm high. Pyrene nodulosa, 1959. (9 mm). I have seen no similar species from the Caribbean. © Usticke changed the genus to Columbella in 1971. Opalia karinae, 1969 is an exquisite shell unlike other Caribbean Epitoniidae I have seen. Anachis multicostata, 2 _ — _ 1969.(6 mm). The white . : ise color of this shell may be Cantharus karinae, 1959. Though this shell is the due to the age of the same as what is accepted as C. lautus Reeve, Usticke Shell, though the sculp- claimed to have seen the type of C. lautus in the ture seems intact. This British Museum and said it was not the same shell. may be Zafrona pulchella It is claimed that C. Jautus, which has no type (Blainville, 1829). locality, is a Mediterranean shell. Can anyone con- firm or disprove this claim? Shells and Sea Life, 17(10):220 ; or - Re of Usticke’s species. Persicula aldridgei, 1969 is a tiny shell (1-2 mm). Usticke later synonymized it with P. (now Eratoidae) margarita Kiener, which it is not. beachworn but seems to be a Granulina species. As I said before, I'd appreciate any comments on these and other : d I’d also like to have biographical notes ona Valid ones need to be recognized and used. Turbonilla 1969. large .genus as Usticke claimed. I have no idea if it is a good species or not. The shell is very lillybeckae, At 9 mm, this is a specimen of the Though many of his "new" species were previously described, the I believe there are still Nassarius karinae, 1969. Usticke originally named this shell N. albus nanus in 1959! he declared nanus a preoccupied name (which it was) and renamed the shell for his wife. coloring it does seem somewhat different than other Caribbean Nassarius species. man who was certainly energetic and interested in my own passion Many unrecognized species in the lower Caribbean, but I hope to discover, through this research, a few which are correctly named. of conchology. FOR BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY USE ACRYLIC STANDS BY VENUS Pleasing Customers Since 1973 WHOLESALE ONLY — WRITE ck . VENUS DISPLAYS Box P, 10713 Ashby Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90064 Special stands for shells. Tel.: (213) 836-3177 Shells e¢ Coral e Jewelry @ Gifts THE SHELL STORE 440- 75th Avenue — St. Petersburg Beach, FL 33706 Between Blind Pass Road and Gulf Boulevard Phone 360-0586 WRITE FOR FREE PRICE LIST ROBERT LIPE CONUS spurius atlanticus BETTY LIPE The eee, Specimen eSPell amiaet ” P.O. 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Please add $8 for postage If a resident of the United States of America and you wish to order your copy on a credit card*, please com- plete the following: Credit Card Account No. SEUSS abe aeee) *MasterCard, American Express PUBLICATION NOTES Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology Tokyo. April 30, 1985. Volume 2, Number 2, pages 19-43, pls. 9-15. — Order No. 957 $10.00 Articles by Ranji Tiba, Emily Vokes, Sadao Kosuge and Victor Dan including two new species of the family Naticidae, generic placement of two muricids, new speies of Bolma from the Philippines, new records from Okinawa, illustrations of cowries from the Philippines, new names for Cantharus, emmendations of two specific names (Pterynotus & Latiaxis). — S&SL Tiba, Ranji & Sadao Kosuge March, 1985. Genus Trophon Montfort (s.1.). North Pacific Shells (15):1-36, 14 black & white photos. [Japanese & English] — Order No. 958 $13.50 Illustrates 14 species of Boretrophon, Trophonopsis, and Nodulotrophon with a short description and synonymy for each. Tiba, Ranji & Sadao Kosuge March, 1985. Genus Nipponotrophon Kuroda and Habe, 1971. North Pacific Shells (16):1-16, 3 black & white photos. [Japanese & English] — Order No. 959 $5.00 Illustrates 3 species of Nipponotrophon and give a short description of each with synonymy. Takeda, Masasune & Takashi Okutani. 1983. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo. 354 p.; color photos. No price indicated. For the purposes of "assessing the promising marine resources and for elucidating [the] interesting fauna occupying the surveyed areas, "the Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center (JAMARC) conducted a series of trawling operations off Suriname and French Guiana in depths from 10 to 1000 m from June 1, 1979, toMarch 31, 1983. This hardcover volume describes and illustrates in full color 146 species of crustaceans and 143 mollusks obtained during the 1979 to 1981 trawling operations. Fishes have been covered in a separate volume. This review will discuss the treatment of the shelled mollusks obtained in the surveys. The mollusks section, written by Dr. Okutani, covers pages 187-354. Included are 35 cephalopods, 76 gastropods, and 32 bivalves. Most of the gastropods and bivalves are endemic to the tropical western Atlantic, while the cephalopods have a broader distributional range. Six gastropods and four bivalves were described as new by Okutani in 1982 and 1983 in Venus. Omitted here is Sarepta surinamensis, Sareptidae, described by Okutani, 1983, Venus 42(1):17-18, fig. 1. Thisnuculanacean family was not previously recorded from the western Atlantic. A six-page section discusses molluscan terminology and provides a systematic listing of the 143 mollusks. Provided for each species are the family designation, Japanese name, scientific name and common name where applicable. A detailed description is given in Japanese; diagnosis and distributional data are give in English, with depth information in the Japanese text. Additional pertinent data are given under "Remarks." Drawings of radulae are presented for 22 gastropods. Height and breadth are listed for gastropods; length, height, and breadth for bivalves. Four minor errors in specific name citations are worth noting. Polystira vibex is spelled vipex; Vesticomya smithii is spelled smithi; the date for Thatcheria edgariana (Dall, 1889) is listed as 1881 (this species is not included in Abbott, 1974, American Seashells); the date for Onustus longleyi (Bartsch, 1931) is listed as 1831 (readers are reminded that Onustus Swainson, 1840 is considered by Ponder, 1983, tobe asubgenus of Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807). The specimen figured as Cymatium femorale (Linnaeus, 1758) may be the form described as C. raderi D’Attilio and Myers, 1984 in The Nautilus 98(1):31-36. Murex (Chicoreus) sp. appears to be referable to Chicoreus bullisi E.H. Vokes, 1974, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(2):91-94, plate 3, figure 3). The genus Amusium is used for A. lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819), formerly cited as Aequipecten lineolaris. Conus atractus Tomlin, 1937 is used for the species more commonly known as C. austini Rehder and Abbott, 1951. Roeckel and Vink, 1982, Hawaiian Shell News 30(2):5, have shown than an earlier name for this species is Conus cancellatus Hwass, 1792. (See also Abbott and Dance, 1982, Compendium of Seashells, p. 270). A bibliography of 29 references, an index to Japanese names, and an index to scientific and English names completes the molluscan section. This book is a most valuable addition to the literature on western Atlantic marine mollusks. The numerous typographical errors in the English text are merely a minor irritant. The outstanding color plates and the detailed data provided on these deeper water mollusks make this a volume that must be added to the library of serious students of mollusks. (After this review was written, two notes regarding Murex surinamensis Okutani, 1982 have been published. Vink (Hawaiian Shell News, September, 1984, p. 9) expresses the opinion that Okutani’s taxon may represent a "giant" form cf Murex olssoni E.H. Vokes, 1967, and comments that he has three similar specimens in his private collection. Emily Vokes (Shells and Sea Life, November, 1984, p. 215) compares Okutani’s taxon to M. nigrispinosus Reeve, 1845 from the southwestern Pacific and states "I seriously doubt that it [M. surinamensis] is a western Atlantic species.” Clearly we have not seen the final word on this and other species of western Atlantic Muricidae.) — Walter E. Sage, III When in Los Angeles Visit The Sea 305 North Harbor Bivd San Pedro. Calif. 90731 (213) 831-1694 World-wide importer Fine Selection of Specimen, craft and decorator shells Exciting museum-like shop with everytning tor sale No lists No mail order Shells and Sea Life, 17(10):223 CURRENT EVENTS Common Names Comments Schedule: Shows & Conventions I have the following comments on the Cephalaspidea section of the AMU 1985 Common Names List, as published in the December issue of S&SL. Paul and I helped compile this section of the list for Bill Lyons, et al., and although we understand that there may have been other contributors, I thought it wise to offer my comments to the "semi-finished" copy. Crown Point Shell Collectors Study Scaphandridae’ A. atrata! The common name "blackback barrel-bubble"” has SUTIN SI USE rs A SE aH ANS never been published (unless you count S&SL), Paul & I had intended to include an Indiana, October 4 - 6 ae ; eh oi SOREN GER artic 5 5 "official common name” in our original description, but Veliger would have none of it, Geological Society of America National Convention, Orlando, Florida, October, 1985 Gulf Coast Shell Club Fourth Annual Shell I notified Bill Lyons of this, but it apparently was missed. Se wpuonamia Cikyo Eloridas@Ochopen cue crn a! Scaphandridae: A. candei "Cande barrel—-bubble" was published for this the Panama City Mall. Previous.shows have drawn i : : 9 A STEELE : i 5 : upward of 10,000 visitors to the mall for each species in Rehder’s (1961) Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashells, event. Many visitors are from the surrounding Scaphandridae;: A. oldroydi: We had suggested "Oldroyd barrel-bubble” for Shaves oan c Well es) froma prone Won umenes this one. I only mention this because many of our original suggestions were information contact the Gulf Coast Shell Club, ; 2 , Lolita King, P.O. Box 323, Bay Point, Panama accepted; this one wasn’t and I see no reason why, City, FL 32407 _ Cylichnidae: C. verrilliis "Verrill chalice-bubble" was used by Morris American Littoral Society 24th Annual yee Se eee ae eee eee eS eS Meeting Florida West Coast, October 10 - 14 ord ed, Aglajidae! C, hirundinina: We suggested "Swallow aglaja" for this. Same comment as under Cylichna (above), Gaztropteridae! G. rubrum! “Batwing seaslug” doesn’t seem adequate. We North Carolina Shell Show Wilmington, had suggested "red batwing seaslug"”, North Weazolma; October. 267 2%; Runcinidae! R. divae! "Diva runcina" was suggested by us in view of the West Coast Shell Show Santa Barbara, California October 12 - 13 The Western Society of Naturalists, in fact that the Marcuses named this species for Diva, Patronyms seem to be conjunction with the Moss Landing Marine acceptable in other cases where no other has been used. Laboratories sand Thez Monterey Bay) Aquarium Bullidae; B, striata! I believe the common name was misspelled here - presents its 66th Annual Meetin at the Monterey ‘F ; RG MER eT aE f ; bob ey Conference Center Monterey, 8 California should be "striate" rather than exactly like the specific name??? December 27-30, 1985. Four symposia, together Retusidae; R, mayoi; We had suggested "Mayo barrel-bubble" - same wie neta uness. crn one, oreC Catnip ued: Habe me sane comments as previously concerning patronyms and our suggestions, and Poster Presentations on several disciplins of : SG , = it fe Bislogyveonstitubel the