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Show 112 DR. GWYN JEFFREYS ON THE MOLLUSCA OF THE [Feb. 19, 3. RISSOA RETICULATA, Montagu. Turbo reticulatus, Mont. Test. Brit. p. 322, t. 21. f. 1. R. reticulata, B. C. iv. p. 12 ; v. p. 207, pi. lxvi. f. 5. ' Porcupine ' Exp. 1870 : Atl. St. 10, Vigo B., 36 ; Med. 55, G. Tunis, Adventure Bank, off Rinaldo's Chair. Distribution. Finmark to the Mediterranean and Adriatic, Canaries, (McAndrew and Manzoni) ; 7-300 fms. Fossil. Miocene: Vienna Basin (as B. maria). Pliocene: Coralline Crag, Italy, and Rhodes. Post-tertiary : W . Scotland. B. maria of d'Orbigny appears to be a variety of the present species, which is certainly B. beanii of Hanley and B. textilis of Philippi. Not Alvania reticulata of Philip Carpenter, which is a Pacific species. 4. RISSOA CIMICOIDES, Forbes. B. cimicoides, Forb. in Rep. Br. Assoc, for 1843, p. 189 : B. C. iv. p. 14 ; v. p 207, pi. lxvi. f. 6. •Lightning' Exp. St. 2, 5. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1869: St. 6, 10, 14, 15,25. 1870 : Atl. 1,2, 3, 9, Vigo B., 13, 16, 17a, Setubal B., off C. Sagres, 26-30, 36; Med. 45, Cartagena B., 50, 55, Benzert Road, Adventure Bank, off Rinaldo's Chair. Distribution. Hammerfest to the Mediterranean and Adriatic ; 2-640 fms. Fossil. Miocene: Central Italy (Manzoni), Madeira (Mayer). Pliocene: S.W. France, Italy. Post-tertiary: Norway, W . Scotland ; 0-100 ft. Some specimens are smaller than others from different localities, and have a shorter spire with coarser or finer sculpture. B. sculpta of Philippi corresponds with the former, and B. intermedia of Aradas with the latter; so that both may be the same species, as well as that of Forbes. The names given by Forbes and Philippi were published in 1844, that of Aradas in 1847. 5. RISSOA JEFFREYSI, Waller. B.jeffireysi, Wall, in Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 3, xiv. p. 136 : B. C. iv. p. 15 ; v. 207, pi. lxvi. f. 7. 'Lightning' Exp. St. 2, 5. ' Porcupine' Exp. 1869: St. 16. 1870: Atl. 3, 3a, 12, 36. Distribution. Varanger Fiord to Shetland, Gulf of Gascony, Bay of Biscay ('Travailleur ' Exp. 1881), Straits of Messina (Granata), Algiers (coll. Weinkauff) ; 40-363 fms. Fossil. Pliocene: Pezzo in Calabria (Tiberi) I, Messina (Seguenza)\ Post-tertiary : Norway (Crosskey and Robertson) ! ; 30-100 ft. B. sororcula, Granata, ex typo! The late Mr. McAndrew showed me specimens of this and tbe last species which he had received from a correspondent in the United States as North-American ; but this locality requires confirmation, as neither species has been recorded from it. The present species |