Sea shells of Tokyo Bay The Mouth of Tokyo Bay is a sea area between Tateyama and Miura peninsula. Some reef corals and tropical fishes can be seen in this beautiful sea. I introduce some shells which live in this sea area.

1m	@@@@@@Shells found on the beach Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1791) Separatista helicoides (Gmelin, 1791)
10m	Diodora suprapunicea Otuka, 1937 Epitonium eusculptum (Sowerby, 1903) Meretrix lusoria (Roding, 1798)
	Primovula rhodia (A. Adams, 1855) Cypraea gracilis Gaskoin, 1848 Gari sibogai Prashad, 1932
	Tubiniscala replicata (Sowerby, 1844) Trigonostoma obliquata (Lamarck, 1822) Placamen tiara (Dillwyn, 1817) Cardiomya tosaensis (Kuroda, 1948)
	Calliostoma sp Prinovolva chosiensis (Cate, 1973) Mitra inquinata Reeve, 1844 Philine kurodai Habe, 1946
50m	Bractaechlamys quadrilirata (Lischke, 1870)
	Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942) Amalda urasima (Kira, 1959) Parvamussium intuscostatum (Yokoyama, 1920)

100m	Mikadotrochus beyrichi (Hilgendorf, 1877) Neophiphinoe unicarinata (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
200m	Robertotrivia kiiensis Kuroda & Cate, in Cate, 1979 Benthovoluta hilgendorfi (v. Martens, 1897) Fulgoraria prevostiana (Crosse, 1878) Daphnella itonis Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001 Thatcheria mirabilis Angas, 1877

	Diodora yokoyamai Otuka, 1937 Calliostoma akoya (Kuroda in Ikebe, 1942) Nipponotrophon echinus (Dall, 1918) Granulifusus sp (pulchellus Hayashi, MS.) Acesta citrina Masahito & Habe, 1976
	Buccinum felis (Okutani, 1964) Buccinum sagamianum Okutani, 1977 Acesta smithi (Sowerby, 1888)

600m	Fulgoraria smithi (Sowerby, 1901)

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