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Interior and base of columella tinged with 

 pink. 



Section ERICUSA Adams 



Alclthoe fulgetrum fulgetrum 

 (Broderlp) I825 

 (Plate 16, Figure IO8) 



Valuta fulietrum Broderlp, Zool. Journ., 

 vol. 2, p. 35, April, I825. Sowerby: 

 Thes. Conch., vol. 1, p. 207, plate 48, 

 figs. 33, 3^^. Tankervllle Cat., app., 

 p. 28, plates 4, 5, I825. Reeve: Conch. 

 Icon., plate 6, fig. I3, 1849. Tryon: 

 Man. Conch., vol. 4, p. 96, plate 28, 

 figs. 104, 105, 1882. Chenu: Man. de 

 Conch., p. 188, fig. 973, 1859 (slight- 

 ly immature). Maxwell Smith: World- 

 Wide Sea Shells, p. 66, fig. 882, 1940 

 ( slightly immature ) . 



Scapha fulietrum. Verco: Combing the South- 

 ern Seas, p. 16, plate 1, fig. 4, 1935- 



Alt. 100-140 mm. very variable in size, 

 mature shell may only measure 75 x 37 

 mm. 



Hab. South Australia. Lacepede Bay to 



Gulf St. Vincent and Spencer Gulf. Alive 

 on sandbars which are covered by about 

 18 inches of water at low spring tide. 

 Taken alive from lobster pots. 



Nucleus (see Plate 26, Figure I85) 

 of two and one-half whorls, large, white, 

 shining, slightly malleated; post-nuclear 

 whorls, four; suture strongly Impressed; 

 first two and one-half whorls with fine 

 spiral striae, together with growth lines, 

 forming slight reticulation; growth lines 

 dominant upon body whorl; ground color, 

 yellowish flesh, with very angular, flame- 

 like, chestnut streaks; columella with 

 three moderate plaits. 



In 1912 Verco described a pure 

 white form which he called uar. alba. 



Alclthoe fulgetrum connectens ( Verco) I912 

 (Unfigured) 



Scaphella ful ietrum connectens Verco, Trans, 

 Roy. Soc. South Australia, vol. 36, 

 p. 224, pi. 11, fig. 3. 



^rlcusa fulietrum connectens Verco: Comb- 

 ing the Southern Seas, p. 16, pi. 1, 

 fig. 6, 1935. 



Alt. 



Hab. South Australia, same localities as 

 typical. 



Shell with two broad purple-brown 

 bands, and one narrow sutural band upon 

 body whorl; the three bands connected by 

 narrow. Irregularly shaped streaks of the 

 same color. 



Alclthoe fulgetrum lunlsllgata 



(Verco) 1912 



(Unfigured) 



Scaphella fulietrum lunisl iiata Verco, 

 Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia, vol. 

 36, p. 224, pi. 11, fig, 1912. 



Ericusa fulietrum lunisliiata Verco: Comb- 

 ing the Southern Seas, pi. 1, fig. 5, 

 p. 16, 1935. 



Alt. 136 ram. 



Hab. Great Australian Bight (Verco). 



Alclthoe fulgetrum punctosllgata 

 (Verco) 1912 

 (Unfigured) 



Scaphella fulietrum punctosl iiata Verco, 

 Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia, vol. 

 36, p. 224, pi. 11, fig., 1912. 



Verco: 

 Combing the Southern Seas, p. I6, pi. 1, 

 fig. 9, 1935. 



Alt. 



Hab. Great Australian Bight (Verco). 



Shell small, color pattern consist- 

 ing of small, widely separated, dark round 

 spots, upon two spiral bands. 



Alclthoe fulgetrum triclncta (Verco) I912 

 (Unfigured) 



Scaphella fulietrum triclncta Verco, Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. South Australia, vol. 36, 

 p. 224, pi. 11, fig., 1912. 



