A REVIEW OF THE VOLUTIDAE 



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Increasing from below upwards. 



Aullca Imperlalls (Lamarck) 1844 

 (Plate 15, Figure 107) 



Valuta imperial is Lamarck, An, s. Vert,, 

 ed. Deshayes, vol, 10, p. 385, 1844. 

 Reeve: Conch. Icon,, plate 16, fig, 56, 

 1849. Sowerby: Thes, Conch., vol. 1, 

 p. 194, plate 54, fig, 102, Tryon: 

 Man. Conch,, vol. 4, p, 88, plate 26, 

 fig. 65, 1882. 



Valuta imperlalis Solander: Port. Cat,, p. 

 183, number 3913, 1786, 



Alt, 125-200 mm, 



Hab, Philippines. 



Nucleus consisting of four whorls, 

 shining, smooth, suture lightly Impressed, 

 flesh or orange color; post nuclear whorls, 

 two and one-half, provided at the periphery 

 with prominent, incurved hollow spines, 

 eleven upon body whorl; last whorl very 

 large, slightly reflected anteriorly; 

 suture provided with secondary, indistinct 

 tubercles the latter much closer together 

 than the spines upon periphery; sculpture 

 consisting of rather prominent growth lines, 

 forming irregularly shaped, longitudinal 

 ridges; ground light flesh color, overlaid 

 with chestnut-brown blotches and fine zig- 

 zag lines, forming usually two wide, ill- 

 defined bands below the periphery on the 

 body whorl; interior and columella area 

 orange-yellow color; columella with four 

 plaits of which the anterior is almost ver- 

 tical; anterior canal short. 



Aulica innexa (Reeve) 1849 

 (Plate 17, Figure 119) 



Valuta innexa Reeve, Conch. Icon., plate 4, 

 figs, 9a-b, 1849. Sowerby: Thes, Conch- 

 vol. 3, Ist suppl., p. 271, plate 12, 

 (Thes. plate 261), fig, 137- 



Valuta rutilla var. innexa Reeve, Tryon: 

 Man. Conch,, vol, 4, p. 87, plate 25, 

 fig. 54, 1882, 



Alt. 100 mm. 



Hab, Loulsiade, near New Guinea, 



Shell oblong-ovate, spire rather 

 short; whorls smooth, slanting round the 

 upper part and slightly angled, nodulously 

 tubercled at the angle; columella strongly 

 four-plaited; flesh white, longitudinally 

 very finely knitted throughout with fine 

 scarlet-brown lines; three narrow darker 

 bands of color (Reeve). 



Aullca luteostoraa ( Chemnitz ( 1795 

 (Plate 14, Figure 99) 



Valuta luteastama Chemnitz, Conch. Cab., 

 vol. 11, plate 177, figs. 1707, 1708. 

 Reeve: Conch. Icon., plate 20, fig. 47, 

 1849. Sowerby: Thes. Conch., vol. 1, 

 p. 93, plate 51, fig. 59. 



Valuta luteastama Deshayes in Lamarck, An. 

 s. Vert,, ed. Deshayes, 10, 409, Tryon: 

 Man, Conch., vol. 4, p. 88, plate 25, 

 fig. 58, 1882. 



Valuta chrysastama Swalnson, Exotic Conch., 

 T. 45. 



Alt. 62 mm. 



Hab. East Indian Seas. 



Nucleus consisting of three, smooth, 

 pale colored whorls; post-nuclear whorls, 

 three, subangular, crowned with short, 

 acute vaulted spines, last whorl very large; 

 shell turbinated, thick, smooth, whitish 

 with angularly, flexuous, dark chestnut 

 lines and continuous angular spots; spire 

 ■short; aperture elongated, broader anteri- 

 orly, golden yellow within; outer lip, 

 rounded, somewhat thickened; columella with 

 four distinct plaits. 



Aulica magnlfica (Chemnitz) 1795 

 (Plate 14, Figure 101 ) 



Valuta mainlfica Chemnitz, Conch. Cab., 



vol. 11, p. 



1693, 1694. 



plate 1, fij 



Conch., vol. 



103. 

 Valuta mainifica Lamarck, An. s. Vert., 



ed. Deshayes, 10, p. 397, Tryon: Man. 



Conch., vol. 4, p. 89, plate 26, fig. 



70, 1882. 



3, platesl74, 175, figs. 



Reeve: Conch. Icon., 

 . 2, 1849. Sowerby: Thes. 



1, p. 200, plate 54, fig. 



