A REVIEW OF THE VOLUTIDAE 



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Alt. 93 mm. 



Hab. East coast of Africa, 



Spire much produced; five and one- 



half whorls; columella possessing many folds which extend more or less over the ribs 



or plaits, of which the anterior are the 

 largest. 



Lyria multicostata (Broderip) 1827 

 (Plate 2, Figure 1?) 



Vol'ita multicostata Broderip, Zool, Journ,, 

 vol, 3, plate 3, fig, 2, p. 82, 182?. 



Volvta mlt raeformis Lamarck, An. s. Vert,, 

 ed, Deshayes, vol. 10, p, 404, 1844, 

 Reeve: Conch, Icon., plate 3> figs. 

 7a-b, 1849. Tryon: Man. Conch,, vol, 4, 

 p, 103, plate 31, fig. l43, 1882. 



Voluta mitriformis Sowerby: Thes. Conch., 

 vol. 1, p. 216, plate 52, figs, 8l, 82; 

 plate 55, fig. 109. 



Alt, 50-60, dlam, 26-30 mm. 



Hab, Australian and Javan Seas; common in 

 South Australia, alive on sandbars near 

 low tide at Outer Harbor, 



Longitudinal ribs less numerous 

 than in L. dp} pssertiana , ribs crossed with 

 spiral bands of chestnut-brown color, to- 

 gether with blotches of the same color; 

 five whorls, excluding the nucleus; suture 

 deep, undulated, somewhat crowned by rib 

 terminations; three major, anterior plaits 

 upon columella and numerous lesser posteri- 

 or ones. Surface generally flesh color 

 with squarish patches. 



Lyria nucleus (Lamarck) 1844 

 (Plate 3, Figure 32) 



Voluta nucleus Lamarck, An. s. Vert., ed. 

 Deshayes, vol. 10, p, 405, 1844, Sower- 

 by: Thes, Conch,, vol, 1, p, 2l8, plate 

 55, fig. 116, Reeve-: Conch, Icon,, 

 plate 18, figs. 4la-b, 1849. 



Lyria n'/clpus. Tryon: Man. Conch., vol.4, 

 p, 105, plate 31, fig- 136, 1882, 



Voluta per^iicina Schubert and Wagner. 



Alt, 25 to 30 mm, 

 Hab, North Australia, 



Nucleus usually very deep flesh 

 color; six post-nuclear whorls; longitudi- 

 nal ribs most prominent upon the spire, 

 well rounded, the Interspaces narrower and 

 often filled with several parallel lines. 



upon the body whorl; two primary and one 

 secondary anterior plaits upon columella 

 and numerous weak plaits upon the posterior 

 two-thirds; shell pinched anteriorly and 

 forming a keeled shoulder outside the an- 

 terior canal. 



Lyria queketti Edgar A. 

 (Unfigured) 



Smith 1901 



Voluta (Lyria) qup.ketti E. 



Mai, Soc. London, vol. 



1901, 

 Alt. 37, dlam. 17 mm. 



A. Smith, Proc, 

 4, p, 234, May, 



Hab, Taken from the stomach of a fish 

 caught in 40 fathoms about 10 miles 

 from Durban, Natal (Quekett). 



Shell ovate- fusiform, solid, pale 

 flesh color, spotted with red; low longi- 

 tudinal ribs and transverse striae upon 

 whorls, suture deep, the last whorl provid- 

 ed with eleven or twelve longitudinal ribs; 

 aperture elongate, interior light rose 

 color, labrum thickened internally and ex- 

 ternally, margin acute; columella with five 

 plaits. 



This species is allied to l. deles- 

 sertiana but is smaller, having one whorl 

 less and stouter and fewer costae, which 

 becomes obsolete anteriorly. The charac- 

 teristic transverse red lines of i, deles- 

 sertiana are entirely wanting in the pres- 

 ent species, while the columellap plaits 

 are only five in number, instead of fif- 

 teen or more. Faint traces of two addi- 

 tional folds are just observable when the 

 shell is closely examined. 



Section HARPEOLA Dall I907 



Harpeola Dall, Smith. Misc. Coll. vol. 48, 

 p. 350, 1907. 



Type: "voluta" anna Lesson. 



Shell like Lyria s.s. but with a 

 channeled suture and' shallow posterior sul- 

 cus. 



