Shells

Following N san family's collection notes of shells around Enshu-nada, we went to Omaezaki and Odaka coast and got various shells. I remembered that I was mad about shell collection around the coasts at Hagi city, Yamaguchi prefecture (my born place). We thank N-san's family.

We now start collecting shells again.

The English page (this page) may be late in update compared with Japanese page.

photo if icho-gai
Hamalocantha anatomica
(Shionomisaki, Wakayama 1998)

Notes of Shell Collections in Japan

Date Place Comment
Nov. 23-24, 1997 Omaezaki, Shizuoka Odaka coast and Omaezaki
Feb. 14-15, 1998 Kushimoto 1 Shionomisaki and Nanki island, Wakayama
March 14-15, 1998 Kushimoto 2 Kushimoto Marin Park and Shionomisaki

Notes of Shell Classification

Family Numbes Specific
Family Juliidae (1 spc)
Juliidae 1 Julia borbonia japonica
Family Triviidae (1 spc)
Triviidae 1 Trivirostra oryza
Family Ovulidae (3 spcs)
Ovulidae 1 3 Ovula ovum, Calpurnus Lacteus Semistriata, Primovula rhodia
Family Cypraeidae (32 spcs)
Cypraeidae 1 5 Pustularia cicercula, Staphylaea nucleus, Staphylaea staphylaea, Staphylaea limacina, Bistolida ursellus (?)
Cypraeidae 2 8 Erosaria boivini (?), Erosria helvola, Erosaria labrolineata, Erosaria inocellata, Erosaria poraria, Cribaria cribraria orientals, Ravitona caputserpentis reticulum, Erronea caurica (?)
Cypraeidae 3 6 Palmadusta asellus, Palmadusta lutea, Purpuradusta gracilis japonicus, Luria isabella, Monetaria moneta rhomboidess, Monetaria annidus harmandiana
Cypraeidae 4 5 Erosaria erosa, Erronea erronea (?), Erronea cylindrica (?), Adusta onyx, Bistolida stolida
Cypraeidae 5 6 Ovatipsa xhinensis, Arabica arabica asiatica, Talparia talpa, Ponda carneola, Lyncina lynx, Mystaponda vitellus
Cypraeidae 6 2 Cyelycypraea testudinaria, unknown1 (?)