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p. 196, pi. 53, figs. 85, 86. 



Alt. 55 nm. 



Hab. Queensland, Australia. 



Shell oblong, thickish, smooth, 

 shining, fulvous, with several transverse 

 bands formed of squarish chestnut spots; 

 spire short, obtuse, with a large papillary 

 nucleus of three and one-half to four volu- 

 tions, the two remaining volutions only 

 having the spots, and the last being pos- 

 teriorly somewhat ventricose; aperture 

 straight, lengthened, rather broad, fulvous 

 within; columella with four distinct white 

 folds (Sowerby). 



Amoria ellioti (Sowerby) 1864 

 (Plate 4, Figure 39) 



Valuta elliott Sowerby, Court Journal, Aug- 

 ust 27, 1864 (adv. includes name, fig- 

 ures 1, 2, 3, description and distribu- 

 tion); J. de C. vol. 12, p. 338, 1864, 

 also vol. 13, p. 25, pi. 3, fig. 19, 

 1865; Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist. l4, p. 263, 

 1864; Thes. Conch, vol. 2, 1st suppl., 

 p. 272, pi. 11, figs. 126, 127, 1864. 

 Tryon: Man. Conch, vol. 4, p. 92, pi. 

 30, fig. 123, 1882. Tomlin: Proc. 

 Malac, Soc. London, vol. 24, p. l45, 

 1941. 



Alt. 100 mm. 



Hab. Australia. 



Nucleus of three and one-half 

 whorls, often two shades of flesh color; 

 smooth, shining; suture moderately im- 

 pressed; first post-nuclear whorl rapidly 

 descending at suture; shell fusiform in 

 shape, solid; outer lip thin; interior fawn 

 color with a broad white zone adjacent to 

 the outer lip; columella with four oblique 

 plaits. 



Amoria jamrachi Gray 1864 

 (Plate 24, Figure l64) 



Amoria Turneri Jamracht Gray, Ann. Mag. 



Nat. Hist., Sept. 1st, 1864. 

 Valuta jamrachi Gray, Sowerby: Thes. Conch 



vol. 5, 2nd suppl., p. 298, pi. l4 (Thes. 

 pi. 513), fig. 142. 



Alt. 55, Lat. 24 mm. 



Hab. West Australia. 



According to Sowerby, this is an 

 easily recognized species, and not to be 

 confounded with turner t oTelltoti. It 

 appears to be characterized by the compara- 

 tively short spire. Sowerby 's figure in- 

 dicates a posterior projection upon the 

 outer lip. In the same figure, the four 

 columellar plaits are ill-defined. 



Amoria gatliffi (Sowerby) 19IO 

 (Plate 5, Figure 4l) 



Valuta iatliffi Sowerby, Ann. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., ser. 8, vol. 6, p. 6II, fig. 

 1910. 



Alt. 95, diam. 35 mm. 



Hab. Port Keats, Northern Territory, Aus- 

 tralia. 



The original description is as fol- 

 lows: 



Shell oblong, smooth, with only 

 faint longitudinal striae or growth-lines; 

 pale flesh or cream color, conspicuously 

 marked with reddish-brown irregularly waved 

 longitudinal streaks, which partly coalesce, 

 forming two broken chain-like transverse 

 bands, with strong mostly angular markings 

 and here and there diamond- shaped spaces. 

 Spire acuminated, rather sharp at the apex, 

 then slightly convex; whorls smooth, very 

 slightly convex; suture distinct, filled 

 with a thin enamel, forming a light orange 

 band. Body whorl long, rather cylindrical 

 in form, tapering slightly at each end. 

 Columella furnished with four very oblique 

 plaits, ajid a prominent ridge crossing 

 obliquely from the base of the shell sind 

 entering the aperture above the plaits givea 

 the appearance of a fifth. Interior of the 

 aperture smooth, shining, stained with 

 orange -brown. 



Possibly a subspecies of pallida. 

 Certainly close to pallida damani. 



