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   Olivella 
  

  

  mo 
  orei 
  Abbott 
  ( 
  Mo 
  o 
  r 
  e 
  ' 
  s 
  

  

  of 
  

  

  ; 
  named 
  

   the 
  Universi- 
  

  

  for 
  Dr. 
  Hilary 
  B, 
  Moore 
  

   I 
  ty 
  of 
  Miami, 
  Florida.) 
  

  

  j 
  Olivella 
  mutica 
  Say 
  (shortened, 
  mutilated; 
  

   I 
  one-half 
  inch 
  in 
  length; 
  spire 
  rather 
  

   I 
  short.) 
  

  

  i 
  Olivella 
  nivea 
  Gmelin 
  {snowlike; 
  cream- 
  

   I 
  white 
  with 
  some 
  purple, 
  orange 
  or 
  tan.) 
  

   Olivella 
  pusilla 
  Marrat 
  (very 
  small, 
  frai]^ 
  

   I 
  Olivella 
  watermani 
  McGinty 
  ( 
  Waterman 
  ' 
  s 
  ; 
  

   I 
  named 
  for 
  Dr. 
  George 
  A. 
  Waterman 
  of 
  

   L 
  Boston, 
  Massachusetts.) 
  

  

  2. 
  Family 
  Mitridae 
  . 
  (Lat, 
  mitra, 
  a 
  miter. 
  Common 
  name: 
  Miter 
  Shells.) 
  

  

  Mitra 
  bairdi 
  Pall 
  (Baird's; 
  named 
  for 
  

   Professor 
  Spencer 
  F. 
  Baird, 
  U. 
  S, 
  Fish 
  

   Commissioner. 
  ) 
  

   Mitra 
  b 
  a 
  rbadensis 
  Gme 
  l 
  in 
  ( 
  from 
  Barbado 
  s 
  . 
  ) 
  

   Mitra 
  duponti 
  Kiener 
  {"Dupont 
  ' 
  s 
  . 
  ) 
  

   Mitra 
  fluviimaris 
  Pi 
  lsbry 
  & 
  McGinty 
  (of 
  

  

  Gulf 
  Stream; 
  

   of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  

  

  a) 
  Genus 
  

  

  1799. 
  

  

  Mitra 
  

  

  T 
  

  

  Lamarck 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  at. 
  mitra, 
  

  

  miter, 
  Fern.) 
  

  

  the 
  sea 
  river, 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  

   known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  border 
  

   Stream 
  in 
  Florida.) 
  

  

  Mitra 
  f 
  ordi 
  Pi 
  lsbry 
  & 
  McGinty 
  (Ford's; 
  

   named 
  for 
  Rev. 
  Paul 
  D. 
  Ford, 
  collector.) 
  

  

  Mitra 
  florida 
  Gould 
  (from 
  Florida.) 
  

  

  Mitra 
  fulgurita 
  Reeve 
  (blasted, 
  stinick 
  

   by 
  lightning; 
  marked 
  with 
  white 
  lightn 
  - 
  

   i 
  ng-lik 
  e 
  longitudinal 
  streaks.) 
  

  

  Mitra 
  grammatula 
  Dall 
  (with 
  small 
  letters! 
  

  

  Mitra 
  haycocki 
  Pall 
  & 
  Bartsch 
  ( 
  Haycock 
  ' 
  s 
  ; 
  

   named 
  for 
  Arthur 
  Haycock 
  of 
  Bermuda.) 
  

  

  Mitra 
  hendersoni 
  Rehder 
  (Henderson's; 
  na- 
  

   med 
  for 
  John 
  B. 
  Henderson, 
  Jr.) 
  

  

  Mitra 
  nodul 
  o 
  sa 
  Gmelin 
  (knobbed; 
  with 
  rai- 
  

   sed 
  granules 
  made 
  by 
  longitudinal 
  ribs 
  

   crossing 
  furrows.) 
  

  

  Mitra 
  puella 
  Reeve 
  (little 
  damsel; 
  shell 
  

   jet 
  black, 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  whorls 
  ornamen- 
  

   ted 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  snov/y-white 
  spots.) 
  

  

  Mitra 
  straminea 
  A.Adams 
  (made 
  of 
  straw, 
  

   straw-colored; 
  color 
  yellowish 
  white.) 
  

  

  Mitra 
  styliola 
  Dall 
  (like 
  a 
  little 
  style, 
  

   anything 
  that 
  is 
  pointed; 
  recalling 
  a 
  

   Styliola. 
  Shell 
  fusiform 
  with 
  sharply 
  

   cut 
  ribs.) 
  

  

  Mitra 
  styria 
  Dall 
  (may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  

   Gr, 
  styrax, 
  the 
  spike 
  at 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  

   of 
  a 
  spear 
  shaft. 
  Shell 
  is 
  elongated, 
  

   rather 
  pointed, 
  fusiform.) 
  

  

  Mitra 
  sulcata 
  Gmelin 
  (furrowed; 
  with 
  

   sharp 
  axial 
  ribs» 
  , 
  forming 
  grooves.) 
  

  

  Mitr 
  a 
  swainsoni 
  antillensis 
  Dall 
  (named 
  

   for 
  Y/illiam 
  Swainson, 
  1789-1855; 
  antil- 
  

   lensis: 
  Antillean.) 
  | 
  

  

  Mit 
  r 
  a 
  to 
  r 
  ticula 
  Dall 
  (somewhat 
  twisted^ 
  

   axis 
  is 
  bent 
  with 
  a 
  peculiar 
  twist.) 
  

  

  Mitra 
  wandoensis 
  Holmes 
  (from 
  the 
  Wando 
  

  

  