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Show 212 MR. G. F. ANGAS ON AUSTRALIAN MOLLUSCA. [Feb. 14, 159. COCHLOLEPAS SUBRUFA. Hipponyx subrufa, Sow. P. Z. S. 1835, p. 5. Elevately and obliquely conical, transversely crenulately ridged, tinged with rufous. Height i inch. 160. *CAPULUS VIOLACEUS. Capulus violaceus, Angas, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 114. Shell compressed laterally, and violet within, Long Bay, outside Port Jackson Heads. Fam. VANIKORIDiE. 161. VANIKORO DESHAYESIANA. Vanikoro deshayesiana, Recluz. A fine species, allied to V. plicata, but without the longitudinal plaits of that species. Watson's Bay, very rare. Length 7| lines. 162. VANIKORO GRANULATA. Vanikoro granulata, Recluz. The alternate ridges in this species are nodosely granulated. Port Jackson, under stones at low tide : very rare. Length 5 lines. 163. VANIKORO Q,UOYANA. Vanikoro quoyana, A. Ad. P. Z. S. 1853, p. 175. Scarcely umbilicated, with the whorls nodulous and deeply cancellated. Under stones, Watson's Bay, very rare. Length 4| lines. 164. *VANIKORO RECLUZIANA. Vanikoro recluziana, Ad. & Ang. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 424. Under stones, low water, Camp Cove, very rare. The whorls are finely lirate, with the margin of the umbilicus strongly angulate. Length 5 lines. Order SCUTIBRANCHIATA. Fam. NERITID^E. 165. NERITA (THELIOSTYLA) ATRATA. Nerita atrata, Chemn. Conch, v. pl. 190. f. 1954, 1955. N. punctulata, Quoy et Gaim. Very common on rocks between tide-marks. This jet-black species, with the columella and interior white, is generally distributed throughout extra-tropical Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Length 1 inch. Fam. TROCHID^E. Subfam. EUTROPIIN^E. 166. EUTROPIA VENTRICOSA. Phasianella ventricosa, Quoy et Gaim.Voy, de l'Astr. pl. 59. f. 8 9. |
