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1. Murex ramosus. Lam. White Mu- 

 rex. Red Sea and nearby territory. It 

 must be a very common species as forty 

 years ago it was imported into this 

 country in vast quantities and in all sizes 

 from 3" to mammoth 8" specimens. It 

 is pure white, although some specimens 

 show traces of brown and I have seen 

 fresh specimens with reddish apertures. 



2.50 to 5.00 



2. Murex trunculus, the Banded Mu- 

 rex is also illustrated and described on 

 another plate. 



3. Murex brassica. Lam. Banded Pink 

 Murex. Gulf of California. Fairly com- 

 mon in this territory where fine large 

 round shells range from 3 to 4" and I 

 have seen perfect 8" specimens which 

 are very rare. Aperture is pink with 

 brown bands on the whorls. Found on 

 the wide mud flats of that region and 

 specially on rocky shores. 2.00 



4. Murex anatomica, illustrated on an- 

 other plate. 



5. Murex megacerus. Sow. Found over 

 much of Oceanica. It is a solid dark 

 colored shell of about 3" but may come 

 larger. There are other solid shells 

 similar in same territory. 2.00 



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6. Murex axicornis. Lam. Small 

 Horned Murex. Moluccas. The horns or 

 spines of this little fellow are unusually 

 long for the size of the shell and I con- 

 sider it one of the daintiest species ob- 

 tainable. There are so very many choice 

 forms found in and around the hot Dutch 

 East Indies. Of a reddish-brown color, 

 about 2". 2.50 



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i 7. Murex regius. Wood. Rose Murex. 

 Panama. A fine large species with rose 

 colored aperture. It used to be a fairly 

 common commercial shell and today is 

 one of the most common forms of the 

 Panama region also one of the largest. 

 Usually 3 to 5". It requires plenty of 

 hard work to remove all the many forms 

 of sea growth that are quite sure to in- 

 fest the little spaces between the nobby 

 spines. 1.00 



v 8. Murex bicolor, Val. Pink Murex. 

 Panama. This species and the Rose above- 

 mentioned are both found at Panama 

 but of late years it is not real common 

 there. It has been found more common 

 at points farther north on Mexican coast. 

 The aperture is deep pink color in fresh 

 specimens and the body whorl has the 

 usual number of spiny knobs. 



3 to 4" 1.00 



9. Murex salebrosa. King. Mazatlan. to 

 Panama. The Murex are divided into 19 

 sections or subgenera and this species 

 comes under Vitularia. By arranging the 

 family into sections as shown in recent 

 monographs you will see a gradual 

 graduation into allied genera. It lives 

 under rocks and not very common any- 

 where. 2V2" 2.00 



10. Halia priamus, Meusch. Cadiz, 

 Spain. A light brownish smooth shell. 

 Slightly mottled, found in very deep 

 water. It is quite rare. There seems to 

 be no known affinity with other genera 

 of marine shells. In the usual classifi- 

 cation it is placed next to Cancellaria. 3". 

 Very rare. 



