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Cymatium labiosum (Wood). 



Murex labiosum Wood, Index Test. Suppl., 15, 1828. 



Recorded, Iredale, Pro. Mai. Soc, ix, 71, 1910. 

 Habitat. — Dead shells frequent on the beaches of Sunday Island. 

 Distribution. — Australia, Philippines, Indian Ocean. 



Cymatium vespaceum Lamarck. 



Triton vespaceum Lain., Anini. s. Vert., vii, 185, 1822. 

 Recorded, Iredale, Pro. Mai. Soc, ix, 71, 1910. 

 Habitat. — Dead shells found on the beaches, Sunday Island. 

 Distribution. — Australia, Indian Ocean. 



Cymatium waterhousei (Adams and Angas). 



Triton waterhousei Ad. & Ang., Pro. Zool. Soc, 1864, 35, 1865. 



Habitat. — Dead shells occasionally washed up on the beaches at Sunday 

 Island. 



Distribution. — South Australia. 



Austrotriton parkinsoniana (Perry). 



Septa parkinsoniana Perry, Conch., pi. 14, fig. 1, 1811. 

 Recorded, Iredale, Pro. Mai. Soc, ix, 71, 1910 {Cymatium). 

 Habitat. — A few broken dead shells found on the beaches at Sunday 

 Island. 



Distribution. — New Zealand, Australia. 



Argobuccinum australasia (Perry). 



Biplex australasia Perry, Conch., pi. 4, fig. 24, 1811. 

 Recorded, Cheeseman, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 20, 165, 1888 (Ranella 

 leucostoma). 

 Habitat. — Common living on rocks at low-water mark, Meyer Island. 

 Shells almost always much corroded. 



Distribution. — Lord Howe Island, New Zealand. 



Bursa siphonata (Reeve). 



Ranella siphonata Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844, 138, 1845. 

 Recorded, Suter, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 38, 328, 1906 (Tutufa californica). 

 Habitat. — Dead shells, rarely washed up on the beaches, Sunday Island. 

 Cheeseman collected a shell on Denham Bay beach in 1887. I am aware 

 of only three others collected since. 

 Distribution . — Ph ilippines . 



Bursa mammata Bolten. 



Bursa mammata Bolten, Mus. Bolt. (2), 128, 1798. 

 Habitat. — Dead shells rarely washed up on the beaches at Sunday Island. 

 Distribution. — New Caledonia. 



Bursa papilla (Wood). 



Murex papilla Wood, Index Test. Suppl., 14, 1828. 

 Recorded, Iredale, Pro. Mai. Soc, ix, 71, 1910 (Argobuccinum). 

 Habitat. — Dead shells frequently washed up on the beaches at Sunday 

 Island. A few live specimens also found. 

 Distribution. — Lord Howe Island. 



