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A REVIEW OP THE VOLUTIDAE 



Amorla klngl (Cox) I87I 

 (Plate h, Figure 37) 



Valuta klnil Cox, J. de C, vol. 19, p. 76, 

 pi. h, fig. 2, 1871. Tryon: Man, Conch, 

 vol. 4, p. 92, pi. 27, fig. 86, 1882. 

 Sowerby: Thes. Conch., vol. 5, 2nd 

 suppl., p. 299, pi. 15 (Thes. pi, 514) 

 fig. 146. 



Alt. 75 mm. 



Hah. King's Island, Bass Straits.. Austral- 

 ia (Cox). 



Post -nuclear whorls four; suture 

 impressed; spire short; whorls convex, body 

 whorl swollen, constricted anteriorly; aper- 

 ture narrow; columella with four plaits; 

 ground color yellowish, aperture orange; 

 outer lip thickened. 



Amoria macandrewl (Sowerby) 

 (Plate 5, Figure 45) 



Valuta macandrewl Sowerby, Thes. Conch., 

 vol, 5, 2nd suppl., p. 297, pi. 14 

 (Thes. pi, 513), figs. l40, l4l. Tryon: 

 Man. Conch., vol. 4, p. 179, pl • 53, 

 , fig. 536, 1882. 



Alt, 55,Dlam. 24 mm. 



Hab, West Australia. 



Shell sub cylindrical, white, paint- 

 ed longitudinally with undulating brownish- 

 yellow lines; spire conic, short, apex 

 acute; whorls six, the three nuclear whorls 

 convex, somewhat pellucid; columella with 

 four plaits. 



Amoria marmorata (Swainson) 1821 

 (Plate 5, Figure 46) 



Valuta marmorata Swainson, Exotic Conch., 

 1st ed., part 1, August, 1821. Reeve: 

 Conch. Icon., pl. 13, figs. 31a-b, 1849. 

 Sowerby: Thes. Conch., vol. 1, p. 192, 

 pl. 46, fig. 8. Tryon: Man. Conch., 

 vol. 4, p. 92, pl. 28, fig. 89, 1882. 



Alt. 100-165 mm. 



Hab. East coast of Australia. 



Nucleus of three whorls, apex mod- 

 erately obtuse, suture slightly impressed, 

 surface shining; post-nuclear whorls three 

 and one-half; suture slightly channeled; 

 sculpture consisting of fine, wrinkle -like 

 surface of silky texture, with numerous, 

 closely spaced, irregularly sized longitu- 

 dinal growth lines, which become slightly 

 nodulous and curved at the suture, forming 

 low, occasionally sharp, nodulous spines 

 at the periphery; the spines usually most 

 prominent upon the spire and first quarter 

 of the body-whorl; ground color ivory, 

 overlaid with light chestnut -brown and 

 bluish-gray blotches, forming several fair- 

 ly distinct bands upon the body whorl; 

 aperture five-sixths the length of the 

 shell, yellowish inside; columella with 

 four plaits, the anterior descending; shell 

 slightly reflected anteriorly. 



Amoria pallida pallida (Gray) 1834 

 (Plate 4, Figure 33; 

 Plate 5, Figure 43) 



Valuta pallida Gray, Griffith's Animal King- 

 dom, Moll., T. 30, fig. 4, 1834. Max- 

 well Smith, World-Wide Sea Shells, sp. 

 875, p. 65, 1940. 



Valuta volva Chemnitz, Conch, Cab, vol, 10, 

 p. 143, pl, 148, figs. 1389-90. Reeve: 

 Conch, Icon. sp. 24, pl. 11, fig. 24, 

 Sowerby: Thes. Conch., vol. 1, pl, 53, 

 fig. 91. Tryon: Man. Conch, vol. 4, 

 p. 93, pl. 28, fig, 90, 1882. 



Alt. 75 mm. 



Hab. West Australia (abundant). 



Shell whitish, often bandless, when 

 present the yellow bands very indistinct 

 together with a few longitudinal pale 

 orange striations; interior yellowish 

 brown or coffee-colored. 



Amoria pallida damonii 'Gray; 1864 

 (Plate 5, Figure 44) 



Amaria turneri damanti J. E, Gray, Annals 



and Magazine of Nat, Hist. 3rd series, 



XVI, p. 238, Sept. 1864. 

 Amaria damonii Gray, Hedley: Proc, Roy, 



Geogr. Soc. Australasia, S. Aust. branch, 



1916-18. 



