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CONCHOLOGIA ICONICA ILLUSTRATIONS SHELLS OF MOLLUSCOUS ANIMALS VOL IX CONTAINING MONOGRAPHS OF THE GENEK.' SPONPYLl'S NERITIXA NATICA NERITA NAVICELLA SIPHONARIA LATIA LOVELL AUGUSTUS REEVE, F.L.S., F.G.S., CORKESPDNDINO MEMBER OF THE NATUKAL niSTORY SOCIETY OF WURTEMBEKG AND OF THE LVCEl'M OF NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK " The works of God are so worthy of their author, that besides the impresses of his wisdom aud curious and goodness that are left as it were upon their surfaces, there are a great many more and of them excellent tokens and effects of Divine artifice in the hidden and innermost recesses beholders but these are not to be discovered by the perfunctory looks of oscitant and unskilful inquisitive and wellrequire, as well as deserve, the most attentive and prying inspection of And sometimes in one creature there may be I know not how many adinstructed considerers that of a true mirable things, that escape a vulgar eye, and yet may be clearly discerned by ; ; naturalist." Boi/le LONDON LOVELL REEVE, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN ISofi JOHN EUWAKD TAVLOB, PKINTEK, UTILE qUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS SPONDYLUS " Not a But shows scjiuc s/ie// touch, in freckle, stnak, or stain Of His uurivaUcd pencil."— Cowpcr SpCNdxIu^sJH.J W40r :> W ,%,! in Vf-W^n h/^i,pi/>iiriilrix, Lnni^tus mi id, iris, uhiboiiibiis icqitaUbus, ; interdumfere aiiricti- lata, rniVuitiiii xtriatu et tirnlii, runt costata, varie ricata el spiiiom qm Cardo dentihus duohm valvfl, valide intersertis, rtibidd vel rosed, interdmii al- Shell obliquely broadly angularly compressed, radiately finely imbricately tri- stri- ated and ridged, ridges somewhat twistedly flexuous solidis, re/lexis in ntrn- very finely scaled, scales sometimes almost obsolete; ruddy or rose-coloured, sometimes whitish, rayed with mbla- muscularis ; The Pacific Spondylus ligamenUmi in cavHalem Impressio inter se recipleiitibns obsoletis lidd, minio radiatd nm- area cardinali permtiplfi, plmin, eetate productiore, pecuUariter separatis tenuissime sqnamatis, squumis liris subcoiitorli''Jte.rHOsis, plus minus vermilion teralis Shell attached, inequivalve, irregular, lated, radiately striated riously prickled less auricu- and ridged, rarely ribbed, va- and spined separated by a very large more produced with more or umboes ; flat which follows, but of S ««(/h.s by a characteristic obliquely triangular solid re- and Mr Cuming possesses pression sublatcral Losii, (jftdaropus lived, as now, in tis, which has become the law of naturalists, ratively few liis recent thirty-four, I ' The denuded Spondylus somewhat elongately ridged, strife scarcely imbricated, nearly smooth, posterior ridges auricles to collectors, all having an attrac- colouring Their grow'th is peculiar and extremely irre- may be remarked, however, the upper valve that the shell developes its that it is on truest specific sometimes scaled towards the margin, smooth ; bright scariet, generally rayed with distant white lines Chemnitz, Conch Cab vol xi p Hab Mauritius and Philippine Islands A ; pi 203 f lOS'J, Cuming richly painted vermilion shell, mostly rayed at rather distant intervals with white lines cliaracter 233 1990 gular, varying according to the circumstances of their place it Shell Sovverby, in ; from their singularity of form and beauty of ; marginal interdum squama- vivide minid, lineis albis remotis Thesaurus Conchyliorum,' only are tive interest of attachment ; umboes, radiately densely striated and sometimes modern times have but two or three to add The species known are mostly well in posticis versus radiatis triangular, gibbous, rotundately swollen towards the in Lamarck numbered twenty-one ; and deiisi- compa- genus monograph The Spoiid testd snbelongato-lriijoiiii, (jib- auriculis Icevibus plerumqne was that of the old philosopher of Greece, namely, SiroVSuXos to this striae in several varieties nmbones versus rotundato-tumidd, radiatim, ribiis, liris panoply of purple and white, and the name adopted by added it slrialn et interdum liratd, siriis vix imbricatis, sublo'- royal all its Linnaeus when engaged upon the grand formula of nomen- species compressed growth, Species (Mus Cuming.) Si'ONDYLUs NUDUS losophic interest in describing the animals of the Mediter- clature it is rayed with exceedingly fine squamate ridges and Muscular im- receiving the ligament between them The Spondylus, or Thorny Oyster, is one of the earliest known shells When Aristotle occupied himself with phi- -S" Cuming ; uniformly distinguished equal, peculiarly flected teeth in each valve, strongly interlocking, ranean, the Ocean Island, Pacific This species has been sometimes regarded as a variety hinge area, more and Hinge with two age Lord Hood's Ilab It is at once distin- elevated regular guished from the preceding species by its Limited as they are in species, they are distributed very gibbous growth, and ab.sence of except in advanced generally over the globe south of the latitude of the Medi- specimens The Sporiihjll terranean are confined There are no to sjiecies no particular locality at the scales, ends of the posterior ridges on the coast of Britain Species (Mus Cuming.) Species Spondylus Pacificus (Mus Cuming.) Spond testa, Spondylus oblique late trigonii, compressd, radiatim tenue imhricato-striatd et liratn, Januar varians Spond testa oblongo-orbicidari, convexo-depressn, suUrregulari, spinis brevibtis sqiiu?iiatis 1856 copiosP radiata, spinis valde irregularibws, valvd SPONDYLL'S.— Plate siiperiori prope umbonem parvis liris aciilia Irihus miferis distantibtcs radiata, valvd infcrinri muUo foliata et concameratd ; /,'ii/i.s, umbo with ridges, lower valve generally membranaceous ; much white, stained around the Bkoderip, Pro Hab Lord Hood's Island, ing darker in colour ^JowEiuiv coll' I A'/j'j'M Hab very finely densely striated foUated and champui-jjle- lo \ii(i' ii(li\ ' ''• ^ v 'I /) , Catalogue of Polynesian Shells //( • ; ridges, ridges between the ridges straw-tinged white, spa- Zool Soc 1833, p Pacific Ocean (found on the reefs attached to a piece of coral) Copiously ciliated throughout -lutchbury I fine spines, interstices umbo with ; thin, ringly dotted with light purple three small sharp sealed and orange, the three small radiating ridges be- rose dense striatis pundatd suborbicular, Shell copiously thorned with rather long, erect, thin, sub- with very irregular short squaraate spines, upper valve bered purpiirascente sparsim convexly depressed, rayed with Shell oblong-orbicular, con- vexly depressed, somewhat irregular, copiously rayed rayed near the longis erectis copiose acii- i//lrrs/i/iis sitbtilissime The ciliated Spondylus radlantibus mturatiorihus Thf vakiable Spondylds .•iiibiiiPiiibraiiaceis /h-nrihi/ \friiiiiiiieij-albd, ih,ilioii.u,i piirptireo-roseo et aurantio titidd, liris Iribiin pan-is I Iriiiiihiis /ili'i-nunii"- cin-a alba, xqim- which are exceedingly tiiin witii Cuming ; long erect spines, and have a submembranaceous character Chenu Pacific Islands Species o (Mus Cuming.) This tine species distinguished is growth by three widely separated radiating from the in all fine umbo, of a darker red its stages ol' Spondylus Gussoni squamate ridges tiut nute imbricatis rounding colour of the shell sometimes depositing a It is of very irregular growth, series of basal laminae in the Gusson's lower little valve one over the other, and hermetically closing water in the chambers, in which state, often of great size, known to collectors Spuiid tesld ocali, subijibbusd, nm- boues versus subatieuimld, radiotiin slriald, striis mi- than the sur- it ; alba Spondylus Shell oval, ated, striae minutely imbricated is Costa, rather gibbous, a attenuated towards the umboes, radiately Philippi, by the name of the Water Spondylus Spoitdi/l/is Enum Moll ; stri- white Sicil vol i p 87 minimus, Chemn Spondylus albidus, Broderip Species (Mus Cuming.) Sl'ONDYLUS CILIATUS convexo-diprtssd, Spoiid liris Ustd eximiis Ilab suhorbiciilari, lenui, radiald, liris spinis Of ilediterraneaii small gibbous size, with somewhat the aspect of a TercbraUda, attached mostly in groups •S'pvndyliis ^ Ply II Tmuero BToois Ix NERITA Plate XYI Species 65 Nerita vesillum (Fig «, ridged, and Mus Cuming.) b, lip Ner testa ovatd, spird suiexsertd, anfradiLiis rotundatis, jvxta siituram impressis, spi- acute denticulatd ; fascik latis nigris et luieis ciugii- The flag Neeite Hab A latd, nigra luteo-pimctato ; expanded, sometimes minutely bluish-white, sparingly mottled with blue- black columelld concavo-pland, regtdariter liratis, raliter aperture grooved, linearly effused, columella slanting, toothed ? veiy characteristic broadly expanded species, with Shell ovate, spire rather exserted, the spire impressly flattened, mottled here and there in whorls rounded, impressed next the suture, spirally obscure bands with blue-blaek upon a bluish-white gi'ound regularly ridged, columella concavely flattened, sharply toothed; encircled with broad black and yellow bands, Species 68 the black yellow-dotted Ha/j (Fig a, Nerita acuatina ? b, Mus Cuming.) Ner testa ovatd, spird subexsertd, anfractibus angustis, convexis, versus aperturam- lati- Encircled in a very characteristic niamier with broad oribus iiiipmse lineari-sulcatis, sidcis valde irregula- black and yellow bands, the black bauds Ijeiug interriiptctl rib/is with yellow dots hihro gniiinhilti, iiiliis lirato, ih'iitutd; cohmdld declivi, obsolete carbonario-ttigrd, nitente, -mlcis liiwaribii-i pallidis Species 66 (Fig a, It, Mus Cuming.) The agate Nerite Shell ovate, spire slightly exserted, Ner testa ovatd, spird subexsertd, an- whorls narrow, convex, broader towards the aperture, fractibus jttxta spiram decUvi&us, deinde convexis, spi- impressly linearly grooved, grooves very inegular, lip Nerit.a NivosA raliter impressis et gularibtis, labro intns suhincrassato, dente miico Hab Shell ovate, spire rather exsertcd, whorls slanting next the spii'e, ; coal-black, shining, with the linear grooves pale ; hitense caruleo-viridi, albo sparsim nebulatd The sxowy Neeite toothed la- columelld declivi, obsolete corrugatd, denfafd terali, ridged within, columella slanting, obsoletely gi-anuled, lineari-sulcaiis, siilcis valde irre- then convex, spirally A ? characteristic shining coal-black shell, encircled at very irregular intervals with pale impressed linear grooves ridged and linearly grooved, grooves very irregular, lip slightly thickened inwardly, with a single lateral Species 69 (Fig tooth, columella slanting, obsoletely wrinkled, toothed Nerita Neritopsoides dark blue-green, sparingly clouded with white Ilab A a, b, Mus Cuming.) Ner ovatu-liirhinuta testa spird exsertd, mncronatd, anfractibus rotundatis, con- ? spicue dense spiraliter liratis, labro intiis iiicrussuto, very dark green shell, sparingly and somewhat ob- minute crenulato, dente minute scurely clouded with white spots or small blotches laterali, columelld tu- midiusculd, oblique corrugatd, fortiter dentatd; pallide stramincd Species G7 (Fig Nerita marmorata A, (?, Ner crassiusculd, spird obtuse vexis, versus aperturam fuso, columelld decliri, iiitrr^'r i i./iii/ite carulesceiite-albd, ccpndeo-nigro sparsim The marbled Nebite rather thick, Shell minutely crenulated, with a minute conspicu- thickened within, lateral tooth, co- lumella rather swollen, obliquely wrinkled, strongly ef- toothed denticulatd; marmorata orbicularly rounded, ously closely spirally ridged, lip irregulariter spiraliter aperlnrd e.rpansd, labro Shell ovately turbinated, spire exserted, pointed, whorls orbiculari-depressd, impressd, anfractibus con- latis, liratis et Uneari-sulcatis, The Neritopsis-like Nerite Mus Cuming.) testa depressed, spu'e obtusely impressed, whorls con- vex, broad towards the aperture, irregularly spirally Hab A ; pale straw-colour ? spii-ally ridged, somewhat of a Neri- solid turbinated species, very closely of a pale straw-colour, reminding one topsis yvTiia.ri.m ^'^%-BS^ Vmoffll Broob imp NERITA Plate XVII Species 70 (Mus Cuming.) Neeita electrina Hab Ner fedd suborhicidari, (Jt']iremi!, spird siibexsertd, uucronaid, anfracfibiin coiiccxis, deiiii: spiraliter liratis, interstitvis obsolete pvnduratis, colu- melld temie clenticnlatd ; ? An extremely characteristic species, of dark bkie-black colour, sprinkled throughout comma- opake-white with shaped dots imma- lutesceHte-aurmitia, culatd The amber Nekite pointed, whorls exserted, slightly lumella finely toothed Isle of A delicate ridged throughout, ; shell, ridges orbicidari-ovutd, mticronatd, anfractibns cotirexis, spiraliter obsolete liratis, decitssatim striatis, colmnelld callosd, edentidatd ; efj'usd, liites- cente-albd, nigro ititerrupte fasciatd spirally between the interstices Mus Cuming.) Ner testa crassiiiscidd, spird siibexsertd, aperiv.rd closely a, b, Nerita Spexgleriana Cuming orange-yellow the densely yellowish-orange, unspotted ; Panay, Philippines clear couvex, obsoletely punctured, co- spirally ridged, interstices Hab Species 73 (Fig Shell suborbicular, depressed, spire Spexgler's Nerite orbicularly Shell rather ovate, thick, spire slightly exserted, pointed, whorls convex, being obsoletely punctured spirally obsoletely ridged, decussately striated, aper- ture effused, columella callous, edentulate Species 71 (Pig a, Nerita Dombeyi b, Mus Cuming.) white, interruptedly Ner testa suborbieulari, spird obfnsii planatd, arifractibus angustis, deinde laiioribns, dense Hab apertitrd effusd, colmnelld concavo-excavatd, medio grannlatd, edentidatd ; ccerulescenfe-plmnbed somewhat Shell p 301 Panay, Philippines (under stones Nearly smooth, with a callous effused eiientulate aper- manner with ture, stained in a very interrupted orbicular, spire ob- low at water); Cuming spiraliter liratis, liris Unearibus, valde irregnlarihus, Dombey's Nerite Isle of yellowish- ; banded with black Recluz, Pro Zool Soc 1843, a smeary black band tusely flattened, whorls narrow, then broader, densely spirally ridged, ridges linear, very in-egular, aperture Species 74 (Fig effused, columella concavely excavated, granulated in the middle, edentulate Kecluz, Eevue ; bluish lead-colour Nerit.a Georgina Ner Zool Soc Cuvierieune, 1841, p 1'J plimo-iiiipressd, Hab Bombay A pand, biis, dull slate-coloured species, witli a rather broad ef- iiiter.di/ii'< area cohiiiiclhiri Mus Cuming.) miicronatd, avfractibus suban- giistis, Hpiralilcr coxlnlix, fused aperture, having the columellar area gently excavated and granulated a, b, iestd ovatd, depressiusmdd, spird co.sl/s tenidbus, subdistanti- cinicnilricis >:lriis iii,iplii, dense cancellatis, hrrigidd, edentidatd ; sordide rosc'o-lutesvente, nigro tessellatd in the middle The George Nerite Shell ovate, rather depressed, spire flatly impressed, small, pointed, whorls rather Species 72 (Fig Nerita co>rMA-NOTATA exsertd, aiij'ractibns a, b, Mus Cuming.) narrow, spirally ribbed, ribs thin, rather distant, interstices densely cancellated Ner testa ovatd, spird obtuse subaiigustis, superiie leviter denticulatd ; Cferuleo-nigrd, punctis albis coin- maformibus aspersd ovate, spire ob- tusely exserted, whorls rather narrow, slanting at the upper part, spirally closely ridged mella smooth, slightly toothed witli and grooved, colu- A King George's blue-black, spriukled co- light rather p 180 Island depressed shell, rather distant ribs, having the witli crossed stria; ; white comma-shaped marks striae, dull pinkish- Recluz, Eevue Zool Soc Cuvierieune, 1841, llab Shell ; yellow, tessellated with black spiraliter dense liratis et sidcatis, colnmelld lievigatd, The comma-marked Nerite with concentric lumellar area large, smooth, edentulate declicibi/s, sculptured with thin interstices densely latticed NEKITA.— Plate Species 75 (Fig a, Nerita eingens b, Mus Cumiug.) slightly exserted, whorls rouuded, tis, area labro columellari et lumeUar tumidd et corrugatd ; intense The grinning Nerite Tlab A Shell globose, small, solid, spire area swoUeu and wrinkled ; regularly dark lead- colour columella fortudnie denta- plumbed spii-ally ribbed, lip and columella very strongly toothed, co- Ner testa glohosd, parvd, solidd, spird leviter exsei'td, anfractibus rotundatis, spiraliter regu- lariter cosiatis, XVII, ? small globose pea-Uke shell, distinguished strongly developed teeth of the lip and columella by the Smid ,P{.JU1I # Zc-.-.'vssj del el lith NERITA, whorls depressed at the upper part, then obsoletely Species 70 (Mus Cuming.) Nerit.\ BiiLLULA Ner testa, ovatd, spird obtiisd, angled, convex, spirally annulately ribbed, aperture vtj- expanded, exsertd, anfmctibns suhangttstU, lavibus vel spiraUter whorls rather narrow, smooth or spirally striated, columella excavately flattened, rather nar- row, finely obsoletely toothed \ coal-black ; within, columella ; round the upper part with two broad white bands Shell ovate, spire obtuse, scarcely exserted, Hah effused, crenulated black, variegated with a few yellow dots, encircled sime obsolete dentieulatd ; carbonario-nigrd The bubble Nekite lip obscurely wrinkled at the upper part, faintly toothed columella excmato-pland, subnngiistd, tcnnis- striafis, TTab A •? expanded orbicularly soliil with ring-like shell, encircled throughout ribs ? small shining black species, with the whorls rather Species 79 (Fig nan'ow, and the spire slightly slantingly exserted Nerita granolata a, b, Mus Cuming.) Ner testd depresso-globosd, solidi- uscnhl, spird plam-impressd, anfractibus spiraliter Species 77 (Fig- Nekita genuana ", 4, Mns Cuming.) ratis, li- aperturd expansd, labro intus crenato, columelld profuse grauiilatd; caruleo-nigrd, columelld pallidis- Ner testa orbiculari-ovatd, icpres- sime anruntio-tinctd siusciiJu, spird impresso-pland, anfractiius subangustis, aperturam versus lat'wribus, spiraliter The granulated Nekite temdliratis, profuse grawulatd, edentulatd; intense nigra, soiiis narrow, broader towards the aperture, spirally finely ridged, lip strongly crenated within, columella slant- ingly excavated, profusely granuled, edentulatc ; spirally lumella profusely grandated; blue-black, columella fiiintly Shell orbicidarly ovate, rather impressly flattened, whorls rather depressed, spire depressly globose, ridged, aperture expanded, lip crenulated within, co- duabits latis luleis atd roseis ciugulatd The gartered Nerite Shell rather solid, spire flatly impressed, whorls labro iiitus fortiter crenato, columelld declim-excavatu, IM tinged with orange ? An orbicularly solid blue-black shell, distinguished in having the columellar area more than usually grauidated in- tense black, encircled with broad reddish or yellow Species 80 (Fig bands A jet-black species, suture a, b, Nerita Helicinoides Ner ? Ilah encircled below and around the with a very characteristic broad yellow or rose anfractibus juxta siibainpld, exsertd, sinsculis, rotundatis, contractis, liand Mus Cuming.) testd omto-turbinatd, spird spiraliter subangustis, spiram depres- versus aperturam tenuicostatis, aperturd parvd, labro (ffuso, columelld declivi, obscure dentieulatd; lutescenle, Species 7S (Fig a, iMus Ner testa suborbicidari, depressiiis- spirdlilur scurely toothed nigra, punctis paucis depressed, thick, Shell spire somewhat slightly orbicular, rather exserted, ; yellowish, encircled with alternate bands of black and red spots luteis variegatd, inferne fasciis duaJms albis latis cinctd The ringed Nebite whorls somewhat de- aperture small, lip ett'used, columella slanting, ob- annul ato-costatis, aperturd expansd, labro effum, in/us crciiiilato, columelld superne obscure corngatd, snbdeatatd ; Shell ovately turbinated, exserted, pressed next the spire, rounded, rather narrow, contracted, spirally finely ribbed towards the aperture, crassd, spird leviter exsertd, mncronatd, anfrac- tibus superiie depressis, deinde obsolete aiigulatis, convexis, waculis nigris et roseis alternatim fasciatd The Helicina-like Nerite Cuming.) spire rather large, Nerita aknulata ciild, b, pointed llah Of ? a peculiar contracted ovately turbinated form, be- 'einracd with alternate bands of black spots and August, 185 rose NEKITA.— Plate spots, reminding one of the IleVwl Tanliervilii or 2>"l- XVIII The allied Nekite much cherrinw part, exserted, 81 concave round spirally rather obsoletely ridged, (Mus Cuming.) aperture small, columella slanting, edentulate Nerita affinis exiertd, datis, Ner tesid ovato-turl'maid, spim valdi anfractibus siiperne mhangudk, coucavis, deinde rotun- versus aperturam contractu, spira- liter subobsolete liratis, edentulatd ; drigatd grey- IM Of •? the same peculiar contracted turbinated type as the aperturd parvd, columella de- grheo-albd, candeo-nigro obscure ; ish-white, faintly streaked with blue-black preceding species, clivi, spire the upper then rounded, rather narrow, contracted to- wards the aperture, !:?pecies ovately turbinated, Sliell whorls fiiiutly ridged, and grey-mottled jcrita.n m w J^^ ^ F A'mcen' ixodks Imp NERITA Species 82 (Fig Nerita Yoldii Ner Mus Cuming.) a, b, spiraUtcr liiieari-lira/is, angustis, gradatim latioribus, sendglobom, depresdusadd, testa, cTMsd, spird obtuse pland, anfractibiis juxta splrani deelivibus, obtuse apertiird obscure liratis, expansd, labro effuso, intus incrassato, columella obsolete corru- macuUs ffutd et granulatd, minute denticulatd ; nigra, Shell semiglobose, rather depressed, thick, spire obtusely flattened, whorls slanting next the spire, obtusely faintly ridged, aperture expanded, lip effused, thickened columeUa obsoletely within, wrinkled and granulated, minutely toothed marked with zigzag spots and flames Recluz, Revue Zool Soc Cuvierienue, 1841, ; black, A i-.i-pmisd, columelld plano-excavatd, graniiliifo-c(irriig(itd, edentuld ; purpurascente- niiiiililrr lineis fasciisque nigris albipunctatis cingulatd, columelld dilute aurantid, rugis nigrescentibus The open Nerite Shell depressly semiglobose, more rally linearly ridged, naiTow, gradually broader, aper- ture largely expanded, columella flatly excavated, granularly wrinkled in the middle, edentulate; purple-rose, encircled with black lines and bands white- dotted, columella faintly tinged with orauge, wrinkles black Recluz, Eevue p 1.51 Zool Soc Cuvierieune, 1841, p 148 Uub Dumaguete, Island of Negros, Philippines; Cuming Hab Red Sea !)y rosed, or less hlated, spire minute, impressed, whorls spi- flammisqtie angulato-flexnosis notatd YoLDi's Nerite aperturd medio thickened obtusely expanded species, distinguished a characteristic zigzag style of marking on an intensely \ Light CVe/)/V«/a-shaped species, Species 85 (Fig Species 83 (Fig Nerita Beaniana Ner testa ovato-tarhhiatd, spird exsertd, rmicronatd, anfractibus rotundatis, a, b, c, d, JIus Cuming.) presso-planatd, anfractibus augusiis, lavibus vel spiraliter ntfis dense promiscue Ner testa depresso-ovatd, spird im- uii- dique dense liratis, aperturd pared, columelld obscure dentatd ; albidd, pnnctis with Mus Cuming.) a, b, Nekita pellis-sekpentis prettily painted white-dotted lines and bands upon a purple-rose gi-ound lineari-liratis, aperturd expansd, columelld con- cavo-excavatd, tenue corrugatd ; cmruleo-'nigrd,fasciis tessel- roseis punctisque albis cingulatd, interdunt lineis albis, lata rugis colmnellaribus nigrescentibus The snake-skin Nerite ovately whorls pointed, cxserted, spire Shell turbinated, rounded, Bean's Nerite closely flattened, ridged throughout, scurely toothed ; apertm-e small, columella ob- whitish, thickly promiscuously tes- sellated with red dots Hab A Shell depressly ovate, spire impressly whorls narrow, smooth or spirally linearly ridged, aperture expanded, columella concavely ex- cavated, finely wrinkled circled with rose ; blue-black, sometimes en- bands and white dots, sometimes ? with white small contractedly turbinated species, densely pro- miscuously tessellated with red dots Recluz, Pro low water) Species 84 (Fig a, Nerita patula b, lines, columellar wrinkles black Zool Soc 1843, p 200 Hab Island of Comgidor, Philippines (under stones Mus Cuming.) ; at Cuming Allied to the preceding species, but narrower, and with Ner testa depresso-semiglobosd, plus minus dilatatd, spird minutd, impressd, anfractibus the aperture less dilated The fine black wrinkles columellar area are particularly characteristic August, 1835 on the N E Reeve ncliatina, Reeve nffiiiis all)icilla, XVI Linnmus II T T\ hiervylyjihica, ('liomiiity, I XVIII Heliciuoides, Reeve XVI II XV Hindsii, Recluz VI VI albipuiictata, Ree-i XIII annulata, Reeve XVIII Le Guillouana, Recluz aiitiquata, Recluz II lineata, Arabioa, Reeve V Listen, Recluz VIII Argils, Recluz XI Longii, Recluz XL LirmfPus liistrio, IV CkemnUz III Lamarck III Malaccensis, aterrima, Gnielin III marmorata Reeve XVI atramentosa, Reeve VI Maura, Recluz IV Asceiisionis, Chemnit I IV maxima, Chemnitz atro-piirpurea, Recluz VIII Neritinoides, Reeve V aurantia, Recluz XI Neritopsoides, Reeve XVI VI, nigei-rima, XIX nii/ra, XII nivosa, Rveve XVI I Novae-Guinese, Lesson XIII I oleagina, Ckemnitz atrata, balteata, Reeve Beaniana, Recluz l?ernhavfli, Recluz Gmelin biilens, hifasciata, Gmelin V CJmmtUz III Chemnitz I Rwve X VIII Orbignyana, Recluz bullula, Reeve XVIII ornata, Sowerby I Chemnitzii, Recluz IV oryzarum, Recluz X XIX XIX bisecta, Reeve Lamarck XIII VII patula, Recluz chrysostoma, Reclu IV pellis'SeriJentis, comma-notata, Reeve XVII peloronta, Linnmis II costata, ClienmUz II picea, Recluz V Deshayesii, Recluz II plexa, Chemnitz Dombeyi, Recluz XVII plicata, XVII polita, erubescens, Reeve XIII pra'cognita, C B Essiiigtoni, Recluz VI quadricolor, Gmelin I riugens, Reeve XVII III Rumphii, Recluz XIV Savieana, Recluz VIII clilorostoma, electrina, Reeve exuvia, Liiinmis ej-uvia, tilosa, Lamarck Reeve X flavescem, Chemnitz fi'agum, Reeve ftilgurans, Gtnelin Reeve III Llnuaus IX Lhinmis T Adams I scalpta, Reeve VII semirugosa, Recluz IV VIII XI Senegalensis, Chnelin XI signata, funioulata, Reeve II Spengleriana, Recluz gemmulata, Reeve IX squamulata, Le Guillou geiuiaua, Reeve XVIII Stella, XVII tcssellata, XVIII textilis, VII versicolor, granulata, Reeve Grayana, Recluz grisea, Reeve grossa, Liutueus Iiniistnim, Reere I IX fuliginata, Reeve Gcorgina, Recluz VII V Macleay Chemnitz Gmelin Gmelin vexillum, Lamarck iJmv \^\A\\, Recluz X XVII XV .VII IX HI .KU XVI MX