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Callipara bullata (Swalnson) 1829 

 (Plate 20, Figure I56) 



Valuta bullata Swalnson, Zool. Illust., 

 series 2, vol. 1, pi. 15, I829. Reeve: 

 Conch. Icon., pi, 21, fig. 55, 1849. 

 Sowerby: Thes. Conch., vol. 1, p. 206, 

 pi. 55, fig- 88. Tryon: Man. Conch., 

 vol. 4, p. 100, pi. 29, fig. 116, 1882 

 (copy of Sowerby). Chenu: Man. de 

 Conch., p. 188, fig, 956, 1859. Maxwell 

 Smith: World-Wide Sea Shells, p. 66, 

 fig. 892, 1940. 



Alt. 60 nnn. 



Hab. Port Elizabeth (Sowerby), Algoa Bay 

 (Reeve), South Africa. 



Shell smooth, rather thin; pat- 

 terned with chestnut spots and angular and 

 undulated lines; spire short, obtuse; 

 whorls four and one-half, the last very 

 large . 



This species externally resembles 

 Conus bullatus Linn6. 



Genus CYMBIUM (Bolten) Roeding 1798 



Cymbium Bolten (Roeding), Catalog 1798. 



Melo Humphrey: Mus. Calonn., 1797. Sower- 

 by: Genera of Shells, I827, also other 

 authors . 



Genotype: Melo diadema Lamarck, now CV"- 

 blum ctthara cithara (Sol.) Lajnarck. 



Range: Indian Ocean, Polynesia and adja- 

 cent seas. 



Shell large, ventricose, thin; 

 spire short; nucleus very large, obtuse, 

 shining (Dall designates the Melo -type nu- 

 cleus to include all species of Melo and 

 Voluta scapha, V. mainifica and V. imperi- 

 al is); aperture wide, outer lip simple, 

 acute; axis almost or quite pervious and 

 instead of a central, solid pillar provid- 

 ed with a thickened process corresponding 

 to a very slender and twisted columella; 

 plaits very oblique; shell obliquely trun- 

 cated anteriorly. 



Cymbium aethlopicS."'aethlopica*'(Linnd) I766 

 (Plate 22, Figure I5O; 

 also frontpiece) 



Voluta aethioptca Linn6: Syst . Nat., 1195, 



1766. 



Melo aet hlopicus. Sovevhj: Thes. Conch., 



vol. 5, 1st suppl., p. 272, pi. 4 (Thes. 



pi. 262) fig. 33; vol. 1, pi. 81, fig.' 



9; pi. 82, fig. 13, 14, 19. Reeve: 



Conch. Icon. 



Alt. 150-300, diam. IOO-I5O mm. 



Hab. Indian Ocean, Philippines, Japan. 



Shell sub-ovate, ventricose, of 

 yellowish-cinnamon color; spines short, 

 frequent, suberect; coliimella with from 

 three to four plaits; epidermis thin, of a 

 greenish-brown color. 



Cymbium aethiopica'^roderipii (Gray) 1834 

 (Plate 22, Figure l47) 



Voluta broderipii Gray. Griffith's Anlm. 

 King., vol. 12, T. 26, 1834. 



Melo broderipii Sowerby: Thes. Conch., 

 vol. 1, p. 415, pi. 83, figs. 26, 27. 



Melo aethiopica var , broderipii Tryon: 

 Man. Conch., vol, 4, p. 81, pi. 23, 

 figs. 20, 21, 1882. 



Melo re a us Broderip (non Schubert and Wag- 

 ner) . 



Alt. 200 to 350 mm, 



Hab, Manila Bay, Philippines. 



Shell very ventricose, tumid, 

 whitish, and Inscribed with stripes and 

 spots of a reddish-chestnut color; spines 

 short, open and thickly set; columella with 

 four plaits; epidermis brownish, thin. 

 This supspecies varies much in size and 

 color, but the spire is usually well pro- 

 duced. When very old, individuals seem to 

 lose the power of secreting spines. 



Cymbium aethiopica nautlca (Lamarck) 1844 

 (Plate 22, Figure I5I ) 



Voluta nautlca Lamarck, An. s. Vert. 

 Deshayes, 10, p. 374, 1844. 



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