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elegans, Hinds. pagoda, Hinds. 



gemmulatus, Adams and pulchellus, A. Adams. 



Reeve. pyramidalis, Adams and 

 gigas, Hinds. Reeve. 



maxillaris, Hinds. sculptus, Hinds. 



micans, Hinds. vestalis, A. Adams. 



nodiferus, Adams and Reeve. vittatus, Hinds. 



Sub-geu. STCHAR, Hinds. 

 Shell elongated, whorls rounded ; apex maxillary, 

 vitreus, Hinds. 



Genus LAMPANIA, Gray. 



Shell turreted, many-whorled, whorls without varices ; 

 aperture ovate, with an emargination in front ; inner lip 

 callous, truncated and obtuse anteriorly ; outer lip dilated, 

 thickened, and sinuous, 



Syn. Batillaria, Benson. 



Ex. L. zonalis, Bruf/uiere, pi. 30, fig. 5. Operculum, 

 L. zonalis, fig. 5, a. 



In adult, typical specimens the outer lip of Lampania 

 is very much dilated, and the fore part of the columella 

 is obtuse and rather callous. The species inhabit man- 

 grove-swamps and mud-flats near the sea, and estuaries of 

 rivers, and are principally from the Chinese Seas. 



Species of Lampania. 



australis, Quoij and Gaim. zonalis, Bruc/. 



Cecilii, Phil. 



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