Seashell Friends

Sir Onno Bakker and Hank from the Netherlands (Bivalve Collector)
photo taken at my small room.. February 2010

Sir Alexander Medvedev from Russia
photo taken by his daughter at our village house with my father in stripe shirt last 2004
Bgy. Mangingisda, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines

Late Sir Emmanuel Guillot de Suduiraut and his wife Evelyn

photo taken at our house last December 25, 2008

Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines

Recently Discovered Seashells of Palawan

all shells here are caught by me and are already sold/donated to museums in Paris, G. Britain, Germay and the Netherlands  and to seashell specialist..
Recently discovered seashells in Palawan

Vexillum pelaezi Poppe, G.T., S. Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009

 

 







Vexillum  flaveoricum  M. Herrmann & E. Guillot de Suduiraut, 2009

Vexillum pedroi Poppe & Tagaro, 2006
size: 23mm-32mm
Location: Isla Balabac








Scabricola martini Poppe & Tagaro, 2006
size: 13mm-18mm
Location: Isla Balabac, Palawan







Costellaria gouldi Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut, 2006
size: 8mm-10mm
Location: Isla Bancalaan - Isla Balabac, Palawan (south)








Costellarari rodgersi R. Salisbury & J. Wolff, 2005
size: 25mm-30
Location: Isla Linapacan








Costellaria vespula Turner & Marrow, 2001
size: 10mm-16mm Location: Isla Balabac








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Cyparea dani Beals, 2002
size: 18mm-23mm
Location: Isla Coron, Palawan (north) but recently discovered that it can also be found at Isla Balabac, Palawan (south)







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Cymbiola palawanica Douté, H. & P. Bail, 1999
size: 50mm-110mm+
Location: Northern Palawan (Endemic)









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Conus spectrum f. petergabrieli F. Lorenz, 2006
size: 20mm - 30mm+
Location: Northern Palawan (but mostly found at Isla Cuyo, Linapacan and Dumaran)










Conus leobottoni F. Lorenz, 2006
size: 20mm - 60mm+
Location: Isla Balabac, Palawan, Philippines

Conus guidopoppei R. Raybaudi, 2005
size: 20mm - 30mm+
Location: Throughout Palawan(Linapacan, Taytay, Quezon to Balabac Island)

A money in a Cowrie

Money Cowrie (common name)
Local name: Sigay, Baboy baboy
SN:Cypraea moneta (Linnaeus, C., 1758)
Size: 15-30mm
Location: Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines
One of the most common seashell in the world or can even be very abundant in some parts of the world. This specie can be found at Indo-Pacific region and lives in intertidal rocky area in shallow waters. When the rock is exposed at low tide, you can turn over the rock to see the Cyp. moneta but make it sure to return the rock to its original position so that you may not destroy/kill (their eggs and other animals that dwell in it) when exposed especially to sunlight. During the late 19th century this specie is used as money or a medium of exchange but now is used as jewelry, decoration or use as a medium for making bags and etc..

In addition
Gold-ring Cowrie - (common name)
Local name: Sigay, Baboy baboy
SN:Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758
Size: 15-30mm
Location: Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines
Also mistaken as Cyp. moneta because they are mostly found living together and is used also as money, jewelry, decorations and etc also..

Seashells

One of the most traded item in the world. Here is an example of a species belongs to the family Cypraeidae or Cowrie and a Capiz shells for making lanters..