"Collecting seashells, abalone, corals, crayfish and turtle eggs is...
prohibited." in Oman
(http://omanpocketguide.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=57&Itemid=71)
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De : Michael Small
Date : jeudi 31 mai 2012 15:22
À : [log in to unmask]
Objet : Re: [CONCH-L] Shelling in Oman
The famous locality in Oman of course for shells is Masirah Island. I made
a trip there on my own for a week in March 2009. I rented
a car from Hertz at the airport in Muscat and drove south for about five
hours, taking the ferry over to the island. Accommodations
on the island then were limited to a couple of clean but basic hotels.
There was one water sports outfitter who could rent
snorkeling equipment, weights etc and organized shore dives if enough
other people were interested. I spent a good six days
snorkelling on the west, east and south end of the island. My main target
was to find out if Bernaya teuleri could still be found –
and I saw no trace of them, living or even long dead in the shallow bay in
the channel side of the island where historically they
had been plentiful. (See my discussion thread on this topic on Felix
Lorenz’s cowry forum). However, other shallow water Cypraea
were plentiful including big C. turdus winckworthi, very big C. caurica,
C. ocellata, and C. felina fibula. The Oman endemic Conus
melvilli was easy to find on silty bottoms as well. On a large sand flat
at the southern end of the bay, many Murex scolopax popped
out of the sand when the tide turned. If you do not have it, it is worth
obtaining “Seashells of Eastern Arabia” by Bosch and Dance,
as it gives excellent illustrations of all the gastropods and bivalves
from the entire area.
Overall, it was a good spot for shallow water collecting – but no teuleri.
I would be interested to know if others on Conch-L have
certain knowledge if this species has been found live anywhere in Oman in
the last ten years, as I suspect it may have become
extinct. Other European and a few American collectors have visited there
to dive in recent years – so others on this forum may offer
other suggestions.
Good luck,
Michael Small
Canberra
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RUI JORGE SANTOS ARAUJO
Sent: Wednesday, 30 May 2012 11:03 AM
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Subject: [CONCH-L]
hello.
any hints about shelling in Oman ?
thanks.
Rui Araújo.
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