The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
Cypæa nucleus, Linne
Cypæa nucleus, Linne.
Tryon, loc. cit., p. 197, pl. xx., figs. 48, 49; Garrett, loc. cit., pp. 107, 125.
Frequently seen dead on the Funafuti beach.
Observed by Garrett at Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Gilberts, Carolines, Cook's, Society, Paumotus, and Hawaii. Rossiter reports it from the Loyalty. There are specimens in this Museum from the Solomons and New Hebrides.