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Cymatium (Ranularia) armatum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) |
| This species is without a doubt the rarest member of the genus. Until 1997, only six intact specimens were know to science. In 1975 it was noted by W.O. Cernohorsky that the species "...has not been illustrated nor reported since the date of its description. The recent collection of two storm-tossed specimens from Pango Pt., Efate I., New Hebrides confirm the species occurrence in the Pacific." |
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Original images by Russ Webb |
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(click on the picture above for additional information) |
| During 1996, a live specimen was collected by SCUBA in Fiji (Russ Webb, Vancouver, Washington) - probably the first live collected specimen and the first with specific locality data (pictured above). Subsequently an eighth, apparently live specimen was collected by a diver in New Caledonia which measured a remarkable 80.7 mm. (Pete Stimpson Collection) - quite possibly the largest specimen ever collected. |
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