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  MARINE 
  MOLLUSCA 
  DESCRIBED 
  BY 
  P. 
  P. 
  CARPENTER 
  

  

  Family 
  Naticidae 
  

  

  Genus 
  Natica 
  Scopoli, 
  1777 
  

  

  "Natica 
  ? 
  Maroccana, 
  var. 
  Californica" 
  Carpenter 
  

  

  Natica 
  ? 
  Maroccana. 
  var. 
  Califontica 
  Carpenter, 
  1856, 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  Proc, 
  pt. 
  XXIV, 
  

  

  p. 
  227; 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  527; 
  Reprint. 
  1872, 
  p. 
  13 
  

  

  Carpenter 
  described 
  this 
  shell 
  (1856) 
  from 
  "upper 
  California," 
  but 
  he 
  later 
  (1864b) 
  wrote, 
  

   "The 
  varietal 
  name 
  must 
  be 
  dropped. 
  The 
  shell 
  certainly 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  Sandwich 
  Islands." 
  

  

  Family 
  Velutinidae 
  

   Genus 
  Velutina 
  Fleming, 
  1820 
  

  

  Velutina 
  Fleming, 
  1820,98 
  Brewster's 
  Edinburgh 
  Encycl., 
  vol. 
  XIV, 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  626; 
  1832, 
  1st 
  

   Amer. 
  Ed., 
  vol. 
  XIII, 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  684 
  

  

  Type 
  species 
  by 
  original 
  designation, 
  monotypy, 
  and 
  obsolete 
  tautonomy. 
  Bulla 
  z'clutina 
  

   Mi'LLER, 
  1776, 
  Zool. 
  Danica, 
  p. 
  242 
  ^ 
  F. 
  vulgaris 
  Fleming 
  =: 
  Helix 
  laeviqata 
  of 
  British 
  

   authors 
  fide 
  Fleming. 
  Recent. 
  Northern 
  Europe 
  ; 
  North 
  Atlantic 
  to 
  Massachusetts 
  ; 
  north 
  

   Pacific 
  to 
  Monterey, 
  California. 
  Tryon, 
  1886, 
  Man. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  VIII, 
  pi. 
  28, 
  figs. 
  41-44, 
  

   48, 
  59 
  

  

  Velutina 
  prolongata 
  Carpenter 
  

   (PI. 
  21, 
  figs. 
  7, 
  8) 
  

  

  Velutina 
  prolongata 
  Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  628, 
  661; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  114, 
  147; 
  1865, 
  Ann. 
  

   Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  ser. 
  3, 
  vol. 
  XV, 
  p. 
  Z2; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  245; 
  Cooper, 
  1867, 
  Geog. 
  Cat. 
  

   Moll., 
  Geol. 
  Sur. 
  California, 
  p. 
  35; 
  Tryon, 
  1886, 
  Man. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  VIII, 
  p. 
  66; 
  Dall, 
  

   1921. 
  p. 
  167; 
  Oldrovd, 
  1924, 
  Pub. 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  Biol. 
  Station, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  164; 
  1927, 
  vol. 
  II, 
  

   pt. 
  Ill, 
  p. 
  140; 
  Keen, 
  1935, 
  p. 
  49; 
  Burch, 
  1946, 
  no. 
  57, 
  p. 
  3; 
  Smith 
  and 
  Gordon, 
  1948, 
  

   California 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Proc., 
  ser. 
  4, 
  vol. 
  XXVI, 
  p. 
  199 
  Monterey 
  doubtful 
  record. 
  

  

  "Spire 
  very 
  small. 
  Labrum 
  produced 
  in 
  front." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  661] 
  

   The 
  following 
  corrections 
  and 
  additions 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  Oldroyd's 
  (1927) 
  copy 
  of 
  Car- 
  

   penter's 
  description 
  (1865) 
  : 
  

  

  Line 
  2: 
  read 
  "dimidio" 
  for 
  "imidio" 
  ; 
  read 
  .1 
  for 
  1; 
  read 
  .15 
  for 
  15; 
  delete 
  "poll." 
  

   Add: 
  

  

  ". 
  . 
  . 
  div. 
  140°. 
  

  

  "Hah. 
  Neeah 
  Bay; 
  rare 
  {Sxvan)." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1865a, 
  p. 
  32] 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  four 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  type 
  collection 
  which 
  are 
  labelled, 
  "Neeah 
  Bay 
  Washing- 
  

   ton 
  J. 
  G. 
  Swan." 
  The 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  which 
  is 
  figured 
  herein 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  preserved 
  and 
  

   next 
  to 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  group. 
  

  

  Dimensions, 
  Syntypes. 
  — 
  Length 
  24 
  mm.; 
  width 
  19 
  mm.; 
  height 
  11 
  mm. 
  (largest) 
  ; 
  length 
  

   9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  height 
  4 
  mm. 
  (smallest) 
  

   Syntypes. 
  — 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  no. 
  11842 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Neah 
  Bay, 
  Washington 
  (type) 
  ; 
  Bering 
  Strait 
  to 
  Monterey,"" 
  California 
  

   (Dall) 
  

  

  Family 
  Muricidae 
  

  

  Genus 
  Ocenebra 
  Leach 
  (ms.) 
  in 
  Gray, 
  1847 
  

  

  (Ocinebra 
  Leach, 
  1852, 
  error 
  for 
  Ocenebra 
  Gray, 
  1847) 
  

  

  Ocenebra 
  Leach 
  ms. 
  in 
  Gray, 
  1847, 
  Oct., 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  20, 
  p. 
  269; 
  1847. 
  Nov., 
  

  

  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  Proc, 
  p. 
  133; 
  Winckworth, 
  1934, 
  Jour. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  20, 
  p. 
  14 
  

   Type 
  species 
  by 
  monotypy 
  O. 
  erinacea 
  [Linnaeus] 
  (AIontagu), 
  1803, 
  Test. 
  Britannica, 
  pt. 
  I, 
  

   p. 
  259 
  as 
  Murex 
  = 
  O. 
  erinacea 
  (Linnaeus), 
  1758, 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  p. 
  748; 
  1767, 
  p. 
  1216. 
  Re- 
  

   cent. 
  Europe. 
  Tryon, 
  1880, 
  Man. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  II, 
  pi. 
  36, 
  figs. 
  400-404 
  

  

  Ocenebra 
  interfossa 
  Carpenter 
  

   (PI. 
  2Z, 
  fig. 
  1) 
  

   Ocinebra 
  interfossa 
  Carpenter, 
  1864b. 
  p. 
  603, 
  606, 
  628, 
  663; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  89, 
  92, 
  114, 
  149; 
  

   1865, 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  17, 
  p. 
  64; 
  Cooper, 
  1867, 
  Geog. 
  Cat. 
  Moll., 
  

   Geol. 
  Sur. 
  California, 
  p. 
  37; 
  1870, 
  Amer. 
  Jour. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  VI, 
  p. 
  69; 
  Keep, 
  1887, 
  West 
  

   Coast 
  Shells, 
  p. 
  24, 
  fig. 
  5; 
  Cooper, 
  1888, 
  7th 
  Ann. 
  Rept. 
  California 
  State 
  Min., 
  p. 
  254; 
  

   Williamson, 
  1892, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  XV, 
  no. 
  898, 
  p. 
  215; 
  Arnold, 
  1903, 
  p. 
  255 
  

  

  98 
  (Sherborn, 
  1937, 
  p. 
  112) 
  

  

  99 
  Doubtful 
  record 
  (fide 
  Smith 
  and 
  Gordon, 
  1948) 
  

  

  