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1. Eburna areolatus. Lam. Hong Kong. 

 A round, elevated spotted shell that is 

 not real common. All of this genus are 

 called Ivory Shells and I have never 

 heard the reason. They have a perios- 

 tracum usually brown which must be 

 removed to show the color or pattern. 



2" 1.00 



2. Eburna japonicus. Sow. Japan Seas. 

 This is the best Ivory Shell of the genus, 

 and has been most widely distributed. 

 They are so common they are manu- 

 factured into novelties, such as whistles, 

 etc. 2 2" 50c 



3. Eburna valentianus. Swain. Kara- 

 chi, India. Similar to the others but 

 has a tendency to be shorter and wider, 

 ornamented with dark irregular blotches. 

 The whorls are curved inward. One of 

 the rarest of the group. 2" 2.00 



4. Eburna spiratus. Lam. Ceylon. A 

 very distinct species with splashes of 

 faint di'ab over the surface. The top of 

 each whorl is curved inward, about 1 A 

 inch. Size 2". 1.50 



5. Erburna lutosus. Lam. New Zea- 

 land. A small more slender form from 

 the southern part of the world, and 

 ornamented with irregular splashes of 

 yellowish-white, the last whorl is 

 humped at top. There are 16 species 

 in this genus which are widely dis- 

 tributed. 2" 1.00 



6. Pusionella nifat, Brug. West Africa. 

 This species is smooth and finely orna- 

 mented with splashes of yellowish-brown. 

 It is 2". There are about 14 species of 

 this genus and this one is the largest. 

 Most of them are from the same region 

 and seldom seen in American collections. 

 There are just no live collectors in the 

 territory where found. 2.00 



7. Vasum cassidiformis, Val. Brazil. A 

 very strange form of shell which much 

 resembles some of the wonderful Plio- 

 cene fossil species found in Florida. It 

 has little ridges of knobs over the surface 

 and wide white aperture. 3" 1.50 



8. Vasum ceramicum. Lam. Moluccas 

 and Pacific generally. This species is 

 widest in middle and tapers to each end. 

 Finely ornamented with spines along the 

 top of whorl. Not common. 3" 2.50 



9. Vasum capitellum, L. West Indies. 

 All of the 13 known species of this genus 

 are strong robust shells and of very odd 

 form. They are usually covered with 

 marine growths which must be removed 

 to show their real pattern. This species is 

 of light brownish, has a few knobs. 



2V2" 1.00 



10. Vasum cornigerum. Lam. East In- 

 dies generally. This species seems to 

 be one of the most common of the group 

 and the one most often seen in collections. 

 It is wide at the top tapering to base, 

 covered with knobs of black and prom- 

 inent rounded tops. 3" 1.00 



11. Cassidaria echinophora, L. Medi- 

 terranean Sea. Of the 14 known forms 

 of the genus this is perhaps the most 

 common one seen in collections. It is 

 of horn color, looks much like a Cassis, 

 with which it is closely affiliated. 



2V2" 1.00 



12. Turris Javana, L. China. These 

 two cuts show the true Javana and a 

 variety that used to be called nodifera. 

 They are of a grayish color, fairly com- 

 mon and somewhat variable. 



2 to 3" 1.00 



13. Turris fusca, H&J. Gulf of Omar. 

 This little fellow comes from 150 fathoms. 

 It has the cross ridges found in many 

 other species. Almost black. l x /2" 50c 



14. Turris coffea. Smith. Cebu, P. I. 

 A little brownish shell with usual 

 ridges. IVz" 50c 



15. Turris grandis. Gray. Philippines. 

 A princely shell even if the cut is small. 

 One of the largest of the genus ranging 

 to 5 l /2". It is ornamented with circular 

 ridges and hundreds of small reddish- 

 brown dots. It is truly a grand Turris. 



2.50 



16. Turris muricata. Lam. West Africa. 

 A neat little white shell with rows of 

 sharp spines and perpendicular ridges 

 on the whorls. IVfc" 75c 



17. Turris bijubata, Rve. New Cale- 

 donia. A sharp pointed little chap of a 

 dark color and typical of many of the 

 small forms of this genus. IV*" 50c 



18. Desmoulea retusa. Lam. Liberia. 

 It is a small round lined shell with white 

 aperture about 1". There are 14 species 

 in the world, all of which are more or 

 less rare and seldom seen in collections. 



1.00 



19. Desmoulea abbreviata, Gmel. Na- 

 tal, So. Africa. Differs slightly in form 

 from preceding species but the spiral 

 lines and aperture immediately place it 

 in this genus. This is the form most 

 commonly seen in collections and my 

 collector in Natal found it freely on the 

 beaches of that Colony. 1.00 



