Photograph: Harpa major cf: conoidalis Lamarck, 1822

Babelomurex cookae Kosuge, 1988 (Cook's Coral Shell) - Range: northwestern Hawaiian Island

Hirtomurex goodwini Kosuge, 1988 (Goodwin's Coral Shell) - Range: northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Harpa goodwini Rehder, 1993 (Goodwin's Harp Shell) - Range: O'ahu, Kauai, and the northwestern Hawaiian

Fusinus (Fusinus) michaelrogersi Goodwin, 2001 (Michael Roger's Spindle Shell) - Range: O'ahu, Kauai, and the northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Polinices species (Diandra's Moon Shell) - Range: Maro (Dowsett) reef, northwestern Hawaiian Islands (In-Press)

Phalium (Semicassis) inornatum sub-species (Debi's Cassid Shell) - Range: Maro (Dowsett) reef, northwestern Hawaiian Islands (In-Press)

Introducing our new journal/publication: The Bulletin of the Center for Molluscan Studies (ISSN 1930-7373). First issue of the bulletin Volume 1, number 1, was published on May 31, 2006. The CMS publishes ocassional bulletins with all topics on molluscan studies--including new taxa. For more information and a subscription form, please email the director at: [email protected] or by snail mail at: Institute of Invertebrate Research Hawaii (IIRH), P.O. Box 30472, Honolulu, Hawaii 96820 (U.S.A.).

Volume 1, number 1, May 31, 2006 - Table of Contents

GOODWIN, Daniel R. The genus Cellana H. Adams, 1869 "A Species with Scientific, Cultural, Historical and Religious Values in the Hawaiian Islands" (Gastropoda: Patellidae)

GOODWIN, Daniel R. Report on the hybrid species of the genus Cellana H. Adams, 1869 from the Island of Hawai'i (Gastropoda: Patellidae)

NOTES:

GOODWIN, Daniel R. "Projects Diadromous" - An on-going project embracing the migrating mollusks of the Hawaiian Islands and the pacific regions.

GOODWIN, Daniel R. "Project DW1-NWHI" - An on-going project cataloguing the marine mollusks of the northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Volume 1, number 2 (TBA)

Current species of Harpidae from the Hawaiian Islands

Harpa amouretta Roding, 1798 (Minor Harp Shell) - Range: All Hawaiian Islands?, no specimens were obtained from research material from the northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Harpa articularis Lamarck, 1822 (Articulate Harp Shell) - Range: northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Harpa harpa (Linnaeus, 1758) - No Record - Illustrations in previous publications represents the wrong species

Harpa goodwini Rehder, 1993 (Goodwin's Harp Shell) - Range: O'ahu, Kauai, and the northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Harpa major Roding, 1798 cf: H. conoidalis Lamarck, 1822 (1816) (Conoidal's Harp Shell) - Current studies indicate the possible separation of the species from H. major, as a possible forma species - Range: major Hawaiian Islands through northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Left Photo = Babelomurex cookae Kosuge, 1988

Left/center Photo = Hirtomurex goodwini Kosuge, 1988

Right/center Photo = Harpa goodwini Rehder, 1993

Right Photo = Fusinus (Fusinus) michaelrogersi Goodwin, 2001

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CURRENT ARTICLES OR PAPERS ON THE INTERNET

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Title: The Use of Molluscs as Biological Indicators in Assessing Climate and Environmental Change

Published: March 22, 2006

Title: Notes on Neritina (Dostia) Violacea (Gmelin, 1791) from the Central Philippines (Gastropoda: Neritidae)

Published: March 10, 2006

Other Articles: Internet Hawaiian Shell News--also posted on this site; search under author: Daniel R. Goodwin, D. R. Goodwin

On June 15, 2006 President George W. Bush signed Presidential Proclamation 8031 establishing the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. This conservation area is the largest in the United States and home to some of the most exotic and rare species of Plants, Birds, Invertebrates and Coral reef fauna.

President George W. Bush signed Presidential Proclamation 8031 on June 15, 2006 declaring the northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) a conservation district known now as: the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. The NWHI stretches some 1,200 miles north-westerly of the major Hawaiian Islands and home to a multitude of animal and plant life and covers about 4,500 square miles.

The northwestern Hawaiian Islands is the home of the second rarest Seal: The Hawaiian Monk Seal and home to 90 percent of Hawaii’s sea turtles. An estimated 14 million seabirds and 4 endangered land birds make their home here.

This area is the breeding grounds for 3 of Hawaii’s 22 species of seabirds.

Entomologists identified 75 native species of insects, 15 found only on Nihoa Island.

6 endemic plants are listed on the Endangered Species Act, including a Fan Palm: Pritchardia remota, which is only found on Nihoa Island. The largest conservation area in the United States; 100 times larger than Yosemite National Park and larger than 46 of the 50 States.The Northwestern Hawaiian Island Marine National Monument is about 140,000 square miles of land and ocean.

Coral reefs sustain billions of dollars in resources and services. Scientists believe that coral reefs shelter and support one million species of fish, invertebrates, and algae; many yet to be discovered.

Highlights of the Northwestern Hawaiian Island Marine National Monument are:

1 Prohibit unauthorized access to the monument

2 Provide for carefully regulated educational and scientific activities;

3 Preserve access for Native Hawaiian cultural activities

4 Enhance visitation in a special area around Midway Atoll

5 Phase out commercial fishing over a 5 year period

6 Ban other types of resource extraction and dumping of waste

The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument is home of our maritime heritage and Hawiian heritage and culture in the islands.

Wilhelm, Aulani et al, 2006. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument, A Citizen’s Guide, Honolulu Advertiser, September 24, 2006.

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