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spotting is large and sparse in this form and the "teeth" barely 
extend onto the margin. ‘ 
The second form is best illustrated by the specimens which have been 
collected in the Philippines. This apparently is the largest form. 
A few months ago a specimen was collected that measured more than 
70mm which I believe is now the record size. The color of these 
specimens is somewhat darker than the azgumai form. The canals are 
more strongly produced and the shell is somewhat more emarginate 
than in the Japanese form. The color on the base is darker (more 
red-brown than dark red) and the red lines emanating from the "teeth" 
on the base extend well onto the margins, 
The third form is, in my opinion, the most beautiful. It is the 
form collected in the area off Burma by Thailand's fishing trawlers 
a few years ago. The enforcement by the Burmese government of its 
200-mile territorial fishing rights has practically dried up the 
source of these shells since their boats are not equipped to trawl 
at the depths necessary to obtain these shells (100-300 meters). 
This form is, on the average, smaller than the two other forms. It 
is more deltoid in shape, thicker at the center and more extremely 
tapered toward the canals. The color is darker than it is in the 
other two forms and the spotting is more numerous and smaller than 
in the other forms. The dark "teeth" extend almost half way up the 
shell past the margins and onto the dorsum, 
I am often asked which is the most beautiful or desirable form. My 
answer is that I have representatives of all three varieties in my 
collection. 
Interestingly enough, the specimens found in Australia seem (although 
quite beachworn) to resemble most closely the specimens from Japan, 
the azumai form. There is a great deal of similarity between the 
Cypraea found in Japan and those found in Queensland, Australia, in 
eep water species that occur in both areas such as C. langfordi 
Kuroda, 1938, C. hirasei Roberts, 1913, C. hungerfordi Sowerby, 1888 
and C. guttata Gmelin, 1791. 
In addition to my own, there are several specimens of Cypraea guttata 
in collections of members of the New York Shell Club, and there is 
avery nice specimen in the study collection of the American Museum 
of Natural History. 

67mm specimen from the Philippines 
Morrisville, Pennsylvania. 
Cypraea guttata Gmelin, 1791, 
in the collection of Mr. J. Dunlap, 
