180 Marine Shells of the Western Coast of Florida 



Conns stearnsi Conrad-'^^o PI. 37^ fig. 256 



Alt., to 18 mm. Shell with typical characters; color grayish, 

 mottled with brown or olive-green, narrow spirals of white and 

 brown dots and dashes; eight whorls, spire elevated, ascent of whorls 

 terraced; shoulder of body whorl sharply keeled, upper half of 

 whorl smooth, spirally grooved below; aperture narrow, outer lip 

 sharp, convexly curved forward; small operculum. 

 In shallow water, generally on grassy bottom. 



Conus jasi)i(U'Hs''3i Gmelin ("C. pygmacus Reeve") PI. 37, fig. 257 



Alt., to 30 mm; diameter at shoulder almost half of altitude. 

 Shell with typical characters; bluish white, obscure violet-brown 

 mottling, narrow spirals of alternate chestnut and white dots and 

 dashes, interior violet tinted; thin epidermis; spire elevated, terraced, 

 shoulder sharply keeled, slightly overhanging, upper one-fifth of 

 body whorl usually smooth, strong revolvmg bands and grooves 

 below; aperture with wide, deep posterior notch. 



Egg capsules of Conus jaspideus Gmelin PI. 54, flgs. 361a, b, c 



C. jaspideus deposits three to eight thin, flat, triangular cap- 

 sules, each 5 mm. across, usually in the interior of a dead shell. 

 Noetia ponderosa affords a favored site and the capsules are al- 

 ways placed well within the cavity of the umbo. The ova number 

 from three to seven per capsule. 



Family TURRIDAE 

 The family Turridae is reported in all seas but certain of its 

 groups are restricted to a limited range. Its species are difficult to 

 identify and classify, and individuals of any one species are seldom 

 abundant. 



330 From the quoted description, it will be seen that the name "Cotius pealii" 

 is incorrectly applied to the common small cone generally so designated "Conus 

 pealii." New species. PI. 3, Fig. 3. Shell conical; whitish, marked with light 

 yellow irregular stripes: these markings on the whorls give them a nodulous 

 aspect, being alternately white and yellow; spire acute; the whorls coroneted 

 at their edges; body whorl transversed throughout with deep tranverse grooves, 

 forming regular rounded ribs; less than an inch, and half as broad." Trans. 

 Albany Inst. vol. 1, 1830, Art. XIII. 



^^^ Lat., iaspidis, of jasper, dull red. 



