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1. Oliva angulata, Sol. Gulf of California. One 

 of the thickest and stongest shells of the genus. 

 It is angular, mottled with light brown and usu- 

 ally has perpendicular darker stripes. Lip bev- 

 eled, interior often flesh-colored when fresh. 



3" 1.00 



2. Oliva sericea, Bolt. Philippines. A rather 

 strong thick light colored shell with faint mark- 

 ings. Interior white. Usually lives below the 

 tide line, hence rather scarce. 2%" 75c 



3. and 4. is Oliva erythrostoma. Lam. Philip- 

 pines. Years ago scientists changed this old 

 name to Minacea by Bolten. I never have agreed. 

 It is a most striking shell, brilliantly mottled 

 with black, brown and white. Aperture deep 

 orange-yellow. 2" 50c 3" 1.00 



5. Black Olive. Any oliva may be found either 

 black or yellow which are simply nacre put on 

 over the usual pattern. I get black ones that are 

 evidently erythrostoma with the orange aperture 

 and others have white aperture which must be 

 some other shell. 2V 2 " 1.00 



6. Oliva erythrostoma tremulina, Lam. Philip- 

 pines. A finely mottled shell. Some markings 

 being zigzag. 2V 2 " 1.00 



7. Oliva mauritiana, Mart. Phillippines. You 

 see this shell labeled Oliva oliva, Bolt, just anoth- 

 er of Boltens nonsensical changes. It is a richly 

 mottled dark shell with blotches of black. Edge 

 of lip is often flesh colored. 2" 25c 



8. Oliva sanguinolenta, Lam. Philippines. _ A 

 dark species with fine dots of white, basal section 

 rich red, which usually identifies the shell. Al- 

 most 2" Philip. 25c 



9. This cut is simply a rich yellow form of 

 some unknown species. 2.00 



10. Oliva tricolor, Lam. Philippines. The entire 

 shell is richly adorned with zigzag markings of 

 yellow green and white. 194" 25c 



11. Oliva circinata, Mart. Philippines. Mottled 

 much like tremulina but the apex is usually com- 

 pletely filled with nacre. 2" 50c 



12. Oliva venulata, Lam. Gulf of California. 

 The shell is somewhat angular completely cov- 

 ered with brown dots on a lighter background. 



194" 25c 



13. Oliva porphyretica, Mart. Philippines. It 

 is mottled with tent-like marks but may be a 

 variety. Aperture purplish. 194" 25c 



14. Oliva annulata, Gmel. Philippines. The 

 shell when fresh has an unusually glistening 

 polish. Has numerous dark spots, and apex is 

 salmon. Nearly 2" 25c 



15. Oliva evania, Due. Philippines. This shell 

 has all the markings of sanguinolenta, but of a 

 higher shade and seems to be uniform. Base has 

 a lighter shade of reddish. 194" 25c 



16. Oliva elegans, Lam. Philippines. Has dark 

 zigzag markings on a lighter background and 

 some specimens are close to tricolor. Aperture 

 flesh color. 194" 25c 



17. Oliva ornata, Marrat. Australia. A bril- 

 liant light colored shell with various markings 

 of brown. 194" 25c 



18. Oliva caerulea, Bolt. Philippines.lt has 

 dots and zigzag markings of yellow and brown. 

 Aperture purple. 194" 25c 



19. Oliva pindarina, Due. Gulf of California. 

 The color pattern is vertical faint stripes and 

 dots of brownish. IVz" 25c 



20. Oliva spicata melcheri, Mke. Panama. 

 Spire only slightly elevated less so than type. 

 Body color brownish in spots, and blotches. 



1V 2 " 25c 



21. Oliva fumosa, Mart. Philippines. The body 

 is covered with zigzag and other shaped mark- 

 ings of a blackish color. 1%" 25c 



22. Oliva tigrina, Lam. Philippines. Has the 

 form of bulbosa in being more rounded and is 

 covered with dots. 1%" 25c 



23. Oliva mustellina. Lam. Philippines. Apex 

 is almost flat, body completely covered with 

 zigzag markings of a shade of brown. l 1 ^" 25c 



24. Oliva spicata, Bolt. Old name was arenosa, 

 Lam. which I like better. The shell is slightly 

 pyriform, spire elevated and body is completely 

 covered with light brown spots. 194" 25c 



25. Oliva tessellata. Lam. Australia. Always a 

 small shell with few botches regularly spaced 

 and aperature is a deep lavender 



About 1" 25c 



26. Oliva kaleontana, Due. Gulf of California. 

 Looks like a small form of spicata but the sev- 

 eral hundred specimens seem to be about uniform 

 in size of 1". 25c 



