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somewhere between mauve and light brown and are f 
lighter color. The margins ride high on the Rotana’ Wie Maio of 
the base 18 creamy tan and there is a slightly brighter yellowish 
color over the labial edge and at the canals and at the columella 
where the base begins. This coloring is quite strong at the termi- 
nal ridge. The interior and the columella are light cream color. 
The labial teeth are well produced and are 22 in number on this 
specimen and extend onto the base 1/3 or 1/2 way to the margin, 
those nearest the anterior canal showing the greatest extension. 
The 25 columellar teeth are strongly produced on the columella but 
are evident on the base only as slight pits or depressions at the 
very edge of the base. A well developed but not deep fossula is 
present on the columella which is crossed by the columellar teeth. 
A strong. well developed terminal ridge separates the fossula from 
the anterior canal. The aperture is fairly straight, flaring to 
its widest dimension at the fossula and slightly curved towards the 
columellar side at the posterior canal. The canals are quite thick 
and do not extend far from the body of the shell, adding to the 
rounded appearance. The spire is well covered over and is very 
faintly and shallowly umbilicate. 
To date there has been no study made of the animal but one can 
safely predict that there will be gross anatomical differences be- 
tween the animal of Cypraea kuroharai and the animals of its close- 
ly kindred species to correspond with the differences in the mor- 
phology of their shells. 

Cypraea kuroharai Kuroda & Habe, 1961, 
off Tosa Bay, Shikoku Island, Japan. 
L = 35.3 mm, W = 24.4 mm, H = 18.1 mm 
Collection of Mrs. Waverley Harmon, New York City 
Photograph by Robert H. Janowsky. 
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