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  brioribus, 
  anticc 
  et 
  postice 
  evanidis 
  ; 
  area 
  postica 
  vix 
  subquadrata, 
  baud 
  definita 
  : 
  intus, 
  denti- 
  

   bus 
  cardinalibus 
  et 
  lateralibus 
  normalibus, 
  satis 
  extantibus 
  ; 
  Hgamento 
  extcrno, 
  elongate; 
  ci- 
  

   catrice 
  antica 
  nornialiter 
  prolongata 
  ; 
  margiiie 
  crenulato. 
  Long. 
  .23, 
  lat. 
  .21, 
  alt. 
  .13. 
  

   "Hah. 
  — 
  In 
  sinu 
  Pugetiano 
  legit 
  Kennerley." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1865e, 
  p. 
  57] 
  

  

  Apparently 
  Dall 
  overlooked 
  Carpenter's 
  description 
  (1865e) 
  as 
  Oldroyd 
  also 
  did 
  in 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  Dall. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  no. 
  5244. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Recent. 
  Vancouver 
  Island, 
  B. 
  C. 
  (Kennerley) 
  (type) 
  ; 
  Nunivak 
  Island, 
  

   Bering 
  Sea 
  to 
  tbe 
  Coronado 
  Island, 
  California 
  (Dall). 
  Pleistocene 
  and 
  Pliocene 
  (Grant 
  and 
  

   Gale, 
  1931) 
  

  

  Family 
  Leptoxidae 
  

  

  Genus 
  Kellia 
  Turton, 
  1822 
  

  

  {Chironia 
  Deshayes, 
  Rev. 
  Zool, 
  1839, 
  v. 
  2, 
  p. 
  357) 
  

  

  Kellia 
  Turton, 
  1822, 
  Conchylia 
  Insularum 
  Britannicarum, 
  p. 
  56 
  

  

  Type 
  species 
  by 
  subsequent 
  designation, 
  Recluz^*, 
  Rev. 
  Zool. 
  Cuv., 
  vol. 
  7, 
  1844, 
  p. 
  295, 
  

   KeUia 
  snborbicularis 
  (Montagu), 
  1803, 
  Test. 
  Brit., 
  p. 
  39; 
  1808, 
  pi. 
  26, 
  fig. 
  6. 
  Recent. 
  Nor- 
  

   way 
  to 
  tbe 
  Mediterranean. 
  Turton, 
  1822, 
  Conch. 
  Ins. 
  Brit., 
  p. 
  56, 
  pi. 
  11, 
  figs. 
  5, 
  6; 
  Forbes 
  

   AND 
  Hanley, 
  1848, 
  Hist. 
  Brit. 
  Moll., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  pi. 
  XVHI, 
  figs. 
  9, 
  9a, 
  9b; 
  Howard, 
  1953, 
  

   p. 
  237, 
  238, 
  figs. 
  2, 
  3 
  

  

  Carpenter 
  (1864b, 
  p. 
  643) 
  identified 
  West 
  Coast 
  specimens 
  with 
  this 
  European 
  species 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  specimens 
  of 
  West 
  Coast 
  Lasaea 
  (Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  643) 
  with 
  the 
  European 
  L. 
  

   rubra. 
  Authors 
  have 
  followed 
  Carpenter 
  until 
  recent 
  writings. 
  (Burch, 
  1944, 
  no. 
  40, 
  p. 
  14). 
  

   Keen 
  (1938, 
  p. 
  25) 
  separated 
  the 
  West 
  Coast 
  forms 
  from 
  the 
  European. 
  

  

  Kellia 
  laperousii^^ 
  chironii 
  Carpenter 
  

  

  (PI. 
  9, 
  figs. 
  6-10) 
  

  

  Kellia 
  var. 
  Chironii 
  Carpenter, 
  1864, 
  p. 
  611, 
  627, 
  643; 
  Reprint, 
  p. 
  97, 
  113, 
  129; 
  Dall, 
  1899, 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  XXI, 
  p. 
  880 
  

   Kellia 
  (Laperousii, 
  var.) 
  Chironii 
  Carpenter, 
  1865, 
  Jour, 
  de 
  Conchyl., 
  vol. 
  13, 
  ser. 
  3, 
  vol. 
  5, 
  

   p. 
  136; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  304; 
  Gabb, 
  1867, 
  Geog. 
  Cat. 
  Moll., 
  Geol. 
  Sur. 
  California, 
  p. 
  9; 
  

   Tryon, 
  1872, 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  24, 
  p. 
  231 
  ; 
  Keen 
  in 
  Burch, 
  1944, 
  

   no. 
  40, 
  p. 
  14 
  

  

  "Kellia 
  (var.) 
  Chironii. 
  S. 
  Diego. 
  (Also 
  Neeah 
  Bay, 
  Szvan.)." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  611] 
  

  

  "Kellia 
  (var.) 
  Chironii. 
  A 
  few 
  valves." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  627] 
  

  

  "Kellia 
  var. 
  Chironii. 
  Thinner, 
  less 
  transverse, 
  margins 
  rounded 
  [Than 
  K. 
  laperojisii 
  

   Deshayes.]" 
  [Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  643] 
  

  

  "K.t. 
  'K. 
  Laperousii' 
  simili 
  ; 
  sed 
  tenuiore, 
  minus 
  transversa, 
  ventraliter 
  excurvata 
  ; 
  epider- 
  

   mide 
  pallidiore 
  ; 
  umboiiibus 
  angustioribus 
  ; 
  dentibus 
  multo 
  minoribus, 
  baud 
  exstantibus. 
  Long. 
  

   .76, 
  lat. 
  .62, 
  alt. 
  .41 
  poll. 
  Hab. 
  Neeah 
  Bay, 
  Sivan; 
  San 
  Pedro, 
  Cooper. 
  

  

  "Cette 
  variete 
  est 
  assez 
  distincte 
  de 
  la 
  forme 
  typique 
  du 
  K. 
  Laperousii 
  ; 
  mais 
  la 
  suite 
  d'in- 
  

   dividus 
  que 
  j'ai 
  eu 
  occasion 
  d'examiner 
  comparativement 
  m'a 
  permis 
  de 
  me 
  convaincre 
  que 
  

   I'espece 
  variat 
  beaucoup." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1865g, 
  p. 
  136] 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  three 
  syntypes 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Aluseum 
  from 
  "Neeah 
  Bay, 
  J. 
  G. 
  

   Swann." 
  They 
  are 
  presumably 
  the 
  specimens 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Carpenter 
  in 
  his 
  description 
  

   (1865g) 
  first. 
  They 
  are 
  figured 
  herein 
  to 
  give 
  original 
  evidence 
  in 
  the 
  determination 
  of 
  the 
  

   relationship 
  of 
  Kellia 
  laperousii 
  and 
  the 
  so-called 
  "K. 
  suborbicularis 
  Montagu." 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  one 
  good 
  double 
  specimen 
  at 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Comparative 
  Zoology 
  labelled 
  

   "Coll. 
  J. 
  G. 
  Cooper 
  144 
  San 
  Francisco." 
  

  

  Syntypes. 
  — 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  no. 
  15460 
  (three 
  specimens) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Neah 
  Bay, 
  ^^'ashington 
  (type) 
  ; 
  San 
  Diego, 
  California 
  (Carpenter) 
  ; 
  San 
  

   Francisco, 
  California 
  (Cooper) 
  ; 
  common 
  (Burch) 
  

  

  Kellia 
  rotundata 
  Carpenter 
  

  

  Kellia 
  rotundata 
  Carpenter, 
  1864, 
  p. 
  643 
  ; 
  Reprint, 
  1872 
  p. 
  129 
  ; 
  1865, 
  Jour. 
  Conchyl., 
  vol. 
  

   XIII, 
  ser. 
  3, 
  vol. 
  V, 
  p. 
  137; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  305; 
  Cooper, 
  1867, 
  Geog. 
  Cat. 
  Moll., 
  Geog. 
  

  

  3*Winckworth 
  (1934, 
  p. 
  52) 
  

   35Deshayes, 
  1839 
  [1840], 
  p. 
  357 
  

  

  