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  MARINE 
  MOLLUSCA 
  DESCRIBED 
  BY 
  T. 
  P. 
  CARPENTER 
  

  

  Epitonium 
  cumingii 
  (Carpenter) 
  

  

  Scalaria 
  Cumingii 
  Cakpentkr, 
  1856, 
  Zoo!. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  Proc, 
  p. 
  165; 
  1857, 
  Rept. 
  British 
  

   Assoc. 
  Adv. 
  Sci. 
  for 
  1856, 
  p. 
  284, 
  336; 
  1860, 
  Sniitli. 
  Misc. 
  Coll., 
  vol. 
  2, 
  art. 
  6, 
  p. 
  10 
  Mexi- 
  

   can 
  and 
  Pananiic 
  Province; 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  613, 
  660; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  99, 
  146 
  San 
  Diego; 
  

   Cooper, 
  1867, 
  Geog. 
  Cat. 
  Moll., 
  Geol. 
  Siir. 
  California, 
  p. 
  34 
  

  

  Scala 
  cumingii 
  (Carpenter), 
  Orcutt, 
  1915, 
  Jilolluscan 
  World, 
  p. 
  J'i 
  

  

  Not 
  Eglesia 
  cumingii 
  A. 
  Adams, 
  1850, 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  Proc, 
  p. 
  204 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  locality 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  Panama. 
  Although 
  Carpenter 
  reported 
  the 
  species 
  from 
  

  

  San 
  Diego, 
  Cooper 
  questioned 
  that 
  occurrence, 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  included 
  at 
  present 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  list 
  of 
  upper 
  California 
  fauna. 
  Orcutt 
  (1915) 
  gave 
  the 
  range 
  from 
  Monterey 
  to 
  Panama. 
  

  

  The 
  discussion 
  will 
  be 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  types 
  of 
  the 
  Carpenter 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  

  

  Panamic 
  area. 
  

  

  Subgenus 
  Nitidiscala 
  de 
  Boury, 
  1909 
  

  

  Nitidiscala 
  de 
  Rourv, 
  1909, 
  Jour, 
  de 
  Conchyl., 
  vol. 
  LVII, 
  p. 
  257 
  

  

  Type 
  species 
  bv 
  original 
  designation 
  Scalaria 
  uiiifasciata 
  Sowerby, 
  1847, 
  Thes. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  

   1. 
  p. 
  98, 
  pi.' 
  XXX 
  1 
  1 
  1, 
  fig. 
  68. 
  Recent. 
  West 
  Indies. 
  Tryon, 
  1887, 
  Man. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  IX, 
  

   pi. 
  14, 
  fig. 
  55 
  

  

  "Epitonium 
  (Nitidiscala) 
  crebricostatum" 
  (Carpenter) 
  

   (PI. 
  20, 
  figs. 
  27, 
  28; 
  Pi. 
  22, 
  fig. 
  11) 
  

  

  Scalaria 
  crchricostata 
  Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  613, 
  660; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  99, 
  146; 
  1866, 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  Ill, 
  p. 
  222; 
  Cooper, 
  1867. 
  Geog. 
  Cat. 
  Moll., 
  Geol. 
  Sur^ 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia, 
  !>. 
  34; 
  1870, 
  Amer. 
  Jour. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  VI, 
  p. 
  67; 
  Tuvox, 
  1887, 
  Alan. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  

   IX, 
  p. 
  84; 
  Cooper, 
  1888, 
  7th 
  Ann. 
  Rcpt. 
  California 
  State 
  Min. 
  Bur. 
  p. 
  263. 
  Not 
  S. 
  (Funio) 
  

   crebricostata 
  Stanley 
  (jArdnek, 
  1876, 
  ref. 
  fide 
  Dall, 
  1917 
  

  

  Epitonium 
  (Nitidiscala) 
  crebricostatum 
  (Carpenter), 
  Dall, 
  1917, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Mus. 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  53, 
  

   no. 
  2217, 
  p. 
  478; 
  1921, 
  p. 
  115; 
  Oldroyd, 
  1924, 
  Pub. 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  Biol. 
  Station 
  vol. 
  4, 
  

   p. 
  108; 
  1927, 
  vol. 
  II, 
  pt. 
  II, 
  p. 
  61; 
  Strong, 
  1930, 
  San 
  Diego 
  Soc 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  Trans., 
  vol. 
  

   \T, 
  no. 
  7, 
  p. 
  188; 
  Grant 
  and 
  Gale, 
  1931, 
  p. 
  858; 
  Baily, 
  1935, 
  West 
  Coast 
  Moll. 
  (Keep), 
  

   p. 
  180; 
  Keen, 
  1937, 
  p. 
  35; 
  Burch, 
  1945, 
  no. 
  52, 
  p. 
  29; 
  Smith 
  and 
  Gordon, 
  1948, 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Proc, 
  ser. 
  4, 
  vol. 
  XXVI, 
  p. 
  191 
  Monterey 
  rec 
  doubted. 
  

   "Mus. 
  Cum. 
  no. 
  32: 
  15 
  sharp 
  reflexed 
  ribs, 
  coronated 
  against 
  the 
  sutures." 
  [Carpenter, 
  

  

  1864b, 
  p. 
  660, 
  Monterey 
  and 
  San 
  Diego] 
  

  

  Oldroyd 
  republished 
  Carpenter's 
  descrii)tioii 
  (1866). 
  The 
  following 
  changes 
  should 
  be 
  

   made 
  in 
  her 
  copy 
  : 
  

   Line 
  5 
  : 
  delete 
  mm. 
  

   Add: 
  

  

  ". 
  . 
  . 
  State 
  Collection 
  393. 
  

  

  ". 
  . 
  . 
  div. 
  26° 
  

  

  "Hah. 
  Monterey, 
  San 
  Pedro, 
  Cooper, 
  common. 
  

  

  "= 
  "Scalaria, 
  unique" 
  Mus. 
  Cum. 
  no. 
  32. 
  

  

  "Somewhat 
  resembles 
  S. 
  tenuis, 
  Sby., 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  turrited." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1866a, 
  p. 
  222] 
  

  

  If 
  Carpenter's 
  remarks 
  (1864) 
  are 
  accepted 
  as 
  the 
  original 
  description, 
  specimen 
  no. 
  32 
  

   in 
  the 
  Cumings 
  Collection, 
  British 
  Museum, 
  is 
  the 
  holotype 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  On 
  inquiry 
  in 
  

   regard 
  to 
  that 
  specimen, 
  the 
  authorities 
  of 
  the 
  Mollusca 
  Section, 
  (G. 
  L. 
  Wilkins, 
  Feb. 
  21, 
  

   1950, 
  personal 
  communication) 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History), 
  furnished 
  the 
  following 
  

   information 
  : 
  

  

  "A 
  search 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  si)ecimens 
  in 
  the 
  B. 
  M. 
  collection 
  has 
  revealed 
  a 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  labelled 
  'crebicosta' 
  Cpr. 
  California 
  Mus. 
  Cuming. 
  This 
  label 
  is 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   'lapsus-calumni' 
  for 
  crchricostata 
  Coo])er, 
  but 
  unfortunately 
  the 
  specimen 
  has 
  no 
  number, 
  only 
  

   a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  label 
  having 
  been 
  preserved, 
  and, 
  although 
  several 
  counts 
  have 
  been 
  

   made, 
  only 
  12 
  ribs 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  present. 
  

  

  "In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  rather 
  disapiwinting 
  details 
  this 
  shell 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  most 
  likely 
  

   claim 
  to 
  originality." 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History), 
  a 
  photograph 
  of 
  the 
  

   above 
  shell 
  (B. 
  AT. 
  1950.3.29.1) 
  is 
  included 
  herein. 
  

  

  The 
  British 
  Aluscum 
  specimen 
  corresponds 
  in 
  size, 
  character 
  of 
  ribbing, 
  shape, 
  and 
  

   number 
  of 
  varices 
  ([11]-12) 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  labelled 
  "type" 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

   The 
  ai)ex, 
  however, 
  is 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  shell. 
  

  

  