I think you are right - I see Cypraecassis rufa (LINNE') in my Japanese
language book.

Yes Kwaj is Kwajalein Island and Atoll. / Marshall Islands / Micronesia
/ Pacific.

Yes we collected a number of them there.  Many Gulf coast, central -
mostly west side
and the oil patches in the middle east as well as others.

Marshall Islands (group that has Kwajalein within) was owned and
controlled / populated
by Germans and after wards the Japanese (who salted many species for
food and goods)
and then the Trust Territory of the Pacific (United Nations) and was
under protection of the
U.S.A. and SEATO countries and now independent countries.

So shells came in bilges as eggs and young - pumping in and out in
various ports.
The Western central Panama was where intake of water to cause the ships
to sit deeper.
They pumped out their bilges on the Eastern side to become high riders
for he locks.

One of my prized shells is from the Red Sea.  It is rare there but I
found one on Kwaj.

Kwaj was / is - the center Pacific refueling station for ships.

I lived there for a few years, my parents for a dozen or so.

Martin

On 3/1/2011 4:20 PM, steve rosenthal wrote:
> if KWAJ is Kwajalein      wrong ocean/wrong species. Check your data/info.
>
> On 3/1/11, Martin<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>> Interesting.
>>
>> We have some from Kwaj but mentally they seemed smaller - most are
>> stored away at this time.
>> However we have two in the house showing them selves off. :-)
>>
>> The one from Kwaj was 122mm but the one my beloved bought at our show in
>> San Antonio
>> was 157mm.  It wasn't the largest one there for sale! It was large, good
>> color but broken.
>> The price was right for my beloved as a memento from the show.
>>
>> So it seems that just possibly the 154mm is an old title and could be
>> unseated by some
>> of us.  How big is yours ?
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> On 3/1/2011 3:05 PM, Marcus Coltro wrote:
>>> The record on the 2008 book is 154mm from the Netherland Antilles,
>>> from 1966
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Marcus Coltro
>>> WWW.FEMORALE.COM
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
>>> Of [log in to unmask]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 5:45 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: [CONCH-L] Cassis flammea
>>>
>>> Hello to all--
>>>
>>> I am hoping to find the current World Record for the Flame Helmet,
>>> Cassis flammea.  I've been told that one I have is unusually large, so
>>> am curious to know how close it might be to the largest.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for any info---
>>>
>>> Carolyn
>>>
>>

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