. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. Cantharidus eximius. Cantharidus irisodontes. The shells of C. irisodontes are gathered for the market about March, when they are in the best condition. A pole, ten to fourteen feet long, armed with a knife, or with two prongs arranged like a Canterbury hoe, is used to tear up the weed. The bunches thus pulled up are lifted into the boat and sharply shaken over a sheet spread across the bows. The shells drop off the weed onto the sheet, and are afterwards thrown into a basin of fresh water to kill and wash them. An active collector can obt
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. Cantharidus eximius. Cantharidus irisodontes. The shells of C. irisodontes are gathered for the market about March, when they are in the best condition. A pole, ten to fourteen feet long, armed with a knife, or with two prongs arranged like a Canterbury hoe, is used to tear up the weed. The bunches thus pulled up are lifted into the boat and sharply shaken over a sheet spread across the bows. The shells drop off the weed onto the sheet, and are afterwards thrown into a basin of fresh water to kill and wash them. An active collector can obtain nine quarts of shells a day. The price paid for them varies from 2s. 6d. to 4s. a quart, according to their size and lustre. Parrot fish search the sea weed and eat immense quantities of C. irisodontes. In January and February, when they are most abundant, the stomach of every parrot fish is full of their broken Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales; Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Proceedings. [Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales]
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