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Page 36 THE FESTIVUS Vol. XXXIX: Supplement
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CYPRAEIDAE
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Trivia cherobia (Cate, 1979) KLK 200759 (voucher). Remarks: Recovered live in 1998 from tangle
net, 61m, det. L.T. Groves. Distribution Record: The species was
described from one specimen (6.3 mm), Bahía Magdalena, Baja
California, México, holotype LACM 1803.
Monetaria caputserpentis
caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
As Cypraea caputserpentis in Keen (1958: 327, 1971), Hertlein &
Allison (1960a) (fresh beach deposits), Sachet (1962c), Salvat &
Ehrhardt (1970), Emerson (1978, 1991, 1994), Cantera (1991), Small
(1994 [empty shells], 1995), Beals (1995); as Erosaria caputserpentis
caputophidii Schilder, 1927, in Cate (1969) (live, abundant, photo); as
Erosaria caputserpentis in Emerson & Chaney (1995); KLK 200793
(voucher), 210174. Remarks: Collected in 1998 and 2005 as
decorticated worn beach deposits. Genus changed to Monetaria in
Meyer (2003). Because only beach specimens have been collected
recently, an image of M. caputserpentis caputserpentis from Isla del
Coco is also shown on Plate 24.
Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) As Cypraea in Keen (1958: 327, 1971), Hertlein & Allison (1960a)
(UCMP,TC hypotypes 37726-37727, live, line drawings), Sachet
(1962c); as Monetaria moneta barthelemyi (Bernardi) in Cate (1969)
(AMNH 204596a, empty shells, abundant, photo); as Cypraea in
Salvat & Ehrhardt (1970) (5 specimens), Emerson (1978, 1991, 1993,
1994), Kay (1979), Finet (1987b), Cantera (1991), Small (1994
[empty shells], 1995), Beals (1995) (empty shells, worn); reported as
common in Hickman & Finet (1999); Emerson & Chaney, 1995;
Kaiser, 1999; Schneider, 2004 (beach deposit); SBMNH 358486
(beach deposits); AMNH 204596, 86235; KLK 200812-200813
(voucher), 210175-210177. Remarks: Collected in 1994, 1998, 2005
(in lagoon also) and 2007. Very common as beach deposits. Cate
(1969) reported M. moneta as being common and living in intertidal
water. In my four expeditions to Clipperton, none have been found
living. Because only beach worn specimens have been collected
recently, an image of a fresh M. moneta from Isla del Coco is also
shown on Plate 24.
Erosaria albuginosa (Gray, 1825) As Cypraea in Hertlein & Allison (1960a) (live), Sachet (1962c),
Emerson & Old (1963), Salvat & Ehrhardt (1970), Burgess (1970,
1985), Emerson (1994, 1995), Small (1994) (live), Beals (1995) (live,
photo), Cate (1969); Emerson & Chaney, 1995; Kaiser, 1999;
Schneider, 2004 (beach deposit); CASIZ 103450, 103490; MNHN;
SBMNH 358624, 358487 (live, wet collection), 358488; KLK
200781-200791 (voucher), 200792, 210178-210180. Remarks:
Collected in 1994, 1998, 2005 and 2007. One or more specimens
found live and preserved in KLK wet collection.
Erosaria helvola helvola (Linnaeus,
1758)
As Cypraea helvola in Hertlein & Allison (1960a) (AMNH 204597,
beach deposits), Sachet (1962c), as C. helvola hawaiiensis Melvill in
Cate (1969) (AMNH 204597a, ?live, photo), Emerson (1978); as
Cypraea in Salvat & Ehrhardt (1970), Keen (1971), Kay (1979),
Cantera (1991), Emerson (1991, 1994), Small (1994) (dead), Beals
(1995) (dead, worn); Groves, 1992; Emerson & Chaney, 1995;
Kaiser, 1999; SBMNH 353521 (voucher, worn beach deposit).
Remarks: Because only worn specimens have been collected recently,
an image of a fresh E. helvola helvola is shown from the Marshall
Islands. I believe that Cate (1969) photographed specimens in fine
condition that were not collected at Clipperton.