NEW. YORK SHELL CLUB NOTES No. 249 February 1979 Page 1 
The NEW YORK SHELL CLUB meets on the second Sunday of each month, 
September through June, in 
ROOM 426, AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
NEXT MEETING: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1979, at 2:00 pm 
PROGRAM: A SHELLING TRIP TO THE PALAU ARCHIPELAGO (a color 
Slide presentation) by Dr. John Bockelmann. 

CONTENTS Page 
Akibumi Teramachi (Obituary) Masao Tabakotani 5 
Annual Shell-Social April 8th 1 
Additional Florida Shell Show Dates Jax SHELL-O-GRAM 2 
Gordon Nowell-Usticke (Biog.) Tove Duus 3 
The Usticke Collection William E. Old 3 
A Blind Shell Collector Princeton Alumni Weekly 5 
Malacological Article of the Month Henry D. Russell 5 
Amateur Land Shell Club (New) NAUTILUS 5 
Miami Beachcombing Harvey Frajlich 6 
We Invite Your Comment NYSC Editors 6 
Acteon eloisae Abbott 1973 Robert Janowsky if 
Enclosure: questionnaire 
AKIBUMI TERAMACHI 
In connection with Mr. Teramachi, the Japanese newspaper, "The 
Yomiuri," reported as follows: 
Mr. Akibumi Teramachi, conchologist and advisor to the 
TOBA Aquarium, died of Lung cancer in Kyoto, Japan, at 
the age of 80, on December 6, 1978. 
He studied painting in Kyoto. At the age of 24 he suffered 
TB and went to Wakayama Prefecture where he became attracted 
by seashells. Mr. and Mrs. Teramachi had no child. 
I really do not know how many new species have been dedicated to 
him and to Katsu Teramachi (his wife). Among the most famous 
Shells are: 
Teramachia tibiaeformis Kuroda, 1931 
Perotrochus teramachii Kuroda, 1955 
Latiaxis teramachii Kuroda 
Coralliophila akibumii Kira, 1962 
Cypraea (Schilderia) teramachii (Kuroda, 1938) 
Cypraea (Gratiadusta) katsuae Kuroda, 1960 
Endemoconus teramachii Kuroda, 1956 
Akibumia flexibilis Kuroda & Habe, 1959 
Masao Tabakotani 
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