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  "Drillia 
  moesta, 
  n.s. 
  Like 
  large 
  luctuosa: 
  middle 
  whirls 
  with 
  long 
  transverse 
  ribs 
  and 
  

   posterior 
  knobs; 
  adult 
  obsolete." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  657] 
  

  

  Oldroyd 
  (1927) 
  republished 
  Carpenter's 
  description 
  (1865) 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  To 
  that 
  copy 
  

   should 
  be 
  added 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  ". 
  . 
  . 
  div. 
  27° 
  

  

  "Hab. 
  Sta. 
  Barbara 
  (Jewett) 
  ; 
  S. 
  Pedro 
  (Cooper)." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1865h, 
  p. 
  182] 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  no. 
  149421^6 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Santa 
  Barbara, 
  California 
  (type) 
  ; 
  San 
  Pedro, 
  California, 
  to 
  Cerros 
  

   Island, 
  Lower 
  California 
  (Burcli). 
  Pleistocene. 
  Mexico 
  (Jordan) 
  

  

  Pseudomelatoma 
  torosa 
  (Carpenter) 
  

  

  Drillia 
  torosa 
  Carpenter. 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  657; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  143; 
  1865, 
  lour, 
  de 
  Conchyl., 
  vol. 
  

  

  Xin, 
  ser. 
  3, 
  vol. 
  V, 
  p. 
  145; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  313; 
  Cooper, 
  1867, 
  Geog. 
  Cat. 
  Moll., 
  Geol. 
  

  

  Sur. 
  California, 
  p. 
  32; 
  1870, 
  Amer. 
  Jour. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  VI, 
  p. 
  65; 
  Tryon, 
  1884, 
  Man. 
  

  

  Conch., 
  vol. 
  VI, 
  p. 
  183, 
  pi. 
  14, 
  fig. 
  93; 
  Keep, 
  1887, 
  \\'est 
  Coast 
  Shells, 
  p. 
  56, 
  not 
  fig. 
  39; 
  

  

  Arnold, 
  1903, 
  p. 
  209; 
  Cooper, 
  1888, 
  7th 
  Ann. 
  Rept. 
  California 
  State 
  Min., 
  p. 
  239 
  

   Pleurotoma 
  (Drillia) 
  torosa 
  (Carpenter), 
  Weixk.\uff 
  in 
  Kuster, 
  1887, 
  Syst. 
  Conch. 
  -Cab., 
  

  

  Bd. 
  4, 
  Abt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  228, 
  pi. 
  42, 
  fig. 
  13 
  

   Psettdomelatoma 
  torosa 
  (Carpenter), 
  Dall, 
  1921, 
  p. 
  70; 
  Oldrovd, 
  1927, 
  vol. 
  II, 
  pt. 
  I, 
  p. 
  76; 
  

  

  Grant 
  and 
  Gale. 
  1931, 
  p. 
  562. 
  pi. 
  26, 
  fig. 
  20; 
  Baily, 
  1935, 
  West 
  Coast 
  Shells 
  (Keep), 
  

  

  p. 
  262, 
  not 
  fig. 
  277 
  (same 
  as 
  Keep, 
  1887, 
  fig. 
  39) 
  fide 
  Grant 
  and 
  Gale; 
  Keen, 
  1937, 
  p. 
  

  

  44; 
  BuRCH, 
  1946, 
  no. 
  62, 
  p. 
  11; 
  Smith 
  and 
  Gordon, 
  1948, 
  California 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Proc., 
  

  

  ser. 
  4, 
  vol. 
  XXVI, 
  p. 
  182 
  aurantia 
  color 
  form 
  of 
  torosa 
  

  

  "Drillia 
  torosa, 
  n.s. 
  Whirls 
  rounder, 
  olivaceous 
  : 
  with 
  one 
  row 
  of 
  strong 
  bosses 
  through- 
  

   out 
  : 
  no 
  posterior 
  knobs." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  657] 
  

  

  Carpenter's 
  description 
  (1865) 
  has 
  been 
  republished 
  by 
  Oldroyd 
  (1927). 
  Tlic 
  following 
  

   should 
  be 
  changed 
  in 
  her 
  copy 
  : 
  

  

  Delete 
  "poll" 
  

  

  Add: 
  

  

  ". 
  . 
  . 
  div. 
  30°. 
  

  

  "Hab. 
  Monterey, 
  Taylor, 
  Cooper. 
  

  

  "Cette 
  espece, 
  ainsi 
  que 
  d'autres 
  Pleurotomidae 
  Californiens, 
  appartient 
  a 
  un 
  groupe 
  

   particulier, 
  dont 
  le 
  D. 
  inermis 
  Hinds, 
  peut-etre 
  considere 
  comme 
  le 
  type. 
  Peut-etre 
  ces 
  

   formes 
  seraient-elles 
  mieux 
  placees 
  dans 
  le 
  sous-genre 
  Clionella, 
  qui 
  est 
  vraiment 
  marin, 
  

   d'apres 
  les 
  observations 
  du 
  docteur 
  Stimpson 
  sur 
  les 
  especes 
  du 
  cap 
  de 
  Bonne 
  Esperance. 
  et 
  

   non 
  pas 
  A-Ielanien, 
  comme 
  I'a 
  suppose 
  le 
  docteur 
  Gray, 
  et 
  comme 
  I'ont 
  dit, 
  apres 
  lui, 
  MM. 
  

   Adams 
  et 
  Chenu." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1865g, 
  p. 
  145] 
  

  

  Holotype.—\J. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  no. 
  3286ii7 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Monterey, 
  California 
  (type) 
  ; 
  Monterey, 
  California, 
  to 
  Scammon 
  lagoon. 
  

   Lower 
  California 
  (Dall) 
  

  

  Pseudomelatoma 
  torosa 
  aurantia 
  (Carpenter) 
  

  

  Drillia 
  (? 
  torosa. 
  var.) 
  aurantia 
  Carpenter. 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  657; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  143; 
  1865, 
  

  

  Jour, 
  de 
  Conchyl., 
  vol. 
  XIII, 
  ser. 
  3, 
  vol. 
  V, 
  p. 
  145; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  313; 
  Cooper, 
  1867. 
  

  

  Geog. 
  Cat. 
  Moll., 
  Geol. 
  Sur. 
  California, 
  p. 
  32; 
  Try'ON. 
  1884, 
  Man. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  VI, 
  p. 
  183 
  

   Pseudomelatoma 
  torosa 
  aurantia 
  (Carpenter). 
  Dall, 
  1921, 
  p. 
  70; 
  Oldroyd, 
  1927. 
  vol. 
  II, 
  

  

  pt. 
  I, 
  p. 
  76; 
  Grant 
  and 
  G.-vle, 
  1931, 
  p. 
  562; 
  Keen, 
  1937, 
  p. 
  44; 
  Burch. 
  1946, 
  no. 
  62. 
  

  

  p. 
  11 
  believes 
  a 
  color 
  form 
  of 
  moesta: 
  Smith 
  and 
  Gordon, 
  1948, 
  California 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  

  

  Proc, 
  ser. 
  4, 
  vol. 
  XXVI, 
  p. 
  182 
  color 
  form 
  of 
  torosa 
  

  

  "Drillia 
  ? 
  var. 
  aurantia. 
  Orange, 
  with 
  sutural 
  riblet 
  and 
  faint 
  spiral 
  sculpture." 
  [Car- 
  

   penter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  657] 
  

  

  11^ 
  Oldroyd, 
  followed 
  by 
  others, 
  stated 
  incorrectly 
  that 
  the 
  type 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Aluseuni 
  

   (Natural 
  History) 
  

  

  11^ 
  The 
  depository 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  Oldroj'd 
  and 
  

   followed 
  by 
  others. 
  

  

  