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Show 210 MR. G. F. ANGAS ON AUSTRALIAN MOLLUSCA. [Feb. 14, an unusually low tide, adhering to the under surface of Watson's Bay. Length 3 lines. Fam. PLANAXID^E. 145. PLANAXIS (NINEA) MOLLIS. Planaxis mollis, Sow. Genera, ii. Planaxis, f. 2. A smooth white shell, covered with a brownish-yellow epidermis. Not uncommon amongst the rocks at low water at Coodgee Bay, and along the coast to Wollongong. Length 9 lines. 146. *ALABA PHASIANELLA. Alaba phasianella, Angas, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 113. A beautiful semitransparent little species, somewhat resembling A. pulchra of A. Ad., but much more elongated, with the whorls flamed at the sutures, and irregularly dotted and line-painted with brown. Found amongst sea-weed in Port Jackson. Length 3 lines. Fam. RISSOID^;. 147. *RlSSOINA VARIEGATA. Rissoina variegata, Angas, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 113. This species is white, either banded with livid purple or ornamented with zigzag chestnut markings. Port Jackson, deep water. Length 4 lines. 148. *RlSSOINA TURRICULA. Rissoina turricula, Angas, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 114. Strongly plicate, with the whorls angulate at the sutures and the last whorl ribbed at the base. Port Jackson, deep water. Length 2\ lines. 149. *RlSSOINA CINCTA. Rissoina cincta, Angas, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 114. A pretty little elongate species, narrowly zoned with brown. Port Jackson, deep water. Length 2\ lines. 150. *RlSSOINA SMITHI. Rissoina smithi, Angas, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 114. Strongly plicate, with the plicse curved and banded with pale brown below the sutures. Port Jackson, deep water. Length 3 lines. Fam. TuRRITELLIDiE. 151. TURRITELLA (HAUSTATOR) SINUATA. Turritella sinuata, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pl. 11. f. 62. A pretty little species, distinguished by its dotted painting and the deep sinus of the outer lip. Dredged in Middle Harbour and Wat-on's Bay. Length 8-t- lines. |
