A REVIEW OP THE VOLUTIDAE 



J2. 



Alt . 65 nnn. 

 Hab. Australia. 



Shell with close angular intersect- 

 ing lines, forming crowded triangular spots 

 on the surface; the sutural callosity very 

 dark. 



The holotype was sent to the Brit- 

 ish Museum by Damon and was said to be 

 marked much like Oliva texturata. Gray 

 considered damontt near reticulata, differ- 

 ing chiefly in being more ventricose. Hed- 

 ley apparently considered it a valid spe- 

 cies. Not having access to the latter 

 reference the author considers it best to 

 assign damonil to a subspecific position 

 pending further investigation. 



Amorla pallida reticulata (Reeve) 18^3 

 (Plate 5, Figure 42; 

 Plate 7, Figure 59) 



Voluta reticulata Reeve, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



London, 1843, p. Ikk. Conch. Icon. pi. 



11, figs. 25a-b, 1849. Sowerby: Thes. 



Conch., vol. 1, pi. 53, fig. 94; also 



vol. 1, p. 197. Tryon: Man. Conch. 



vol. 4, p. 94, pi. 28, fig. 93, 1882. 



Chenu: Man. de Conch., p. I88, fig. 



966, 1859. Maxwell Smith: World-Wide 



Sea Shells, p. 65, figs. 876, 1940. 

 Voluta reevei Sowerby, Thes. Conch, vol. 3, 



1st suppl., p. 269, pi. 49, figs. 47, 



48 (apparently merely a broader form). 



Alt. 75-110 mm. 



Hab. West Australia. 



Shell rather thin, pale ivory colorj 

 overlaid with three chestnut zones, form- 

 ing tent -like patterns on the ground, in- 

 terspaces also indistinctly patterned in 

 the same manner; closely spaced, longitu- 

 dinal dark streaks in front of the suture; 

 spire short; aperture rather wide; colxomel- 

 la with four plaits. 



Amoria pallida tumeri (Gray) 1834 

 (Plate 14, Figure IO5A) 



Voluta tumeri Graij, in Griffith's Animal 

 Kingdom, Moll., pi. 40, fig. 1, 1834. 



Reeve: Conch. Icon., pi. 12, figs. 27a- 

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

 3, 1st suppl., p. 271, pi. 11 (Thes. pi, 

 260), fig. 129. Tryon: Man. Conch,, 

 vol. 4, p. 92, pi. 27, fig. 85, 1882. 

 Chenu: Man. de Conch., p. I88, fig. 954, 

 1859. Maxwell Smith: World-Wide Sea 

 Shells, p. 65, fig. 878, 1940. 



Alt. 65 mm. 



Hab. Australia. 



Nucleus of about three whorls, 

 large; suture lightly impressed; suture of 

 remaining whorls somewhat undulating, 

 crossed by terminations of the longitudinal 

 color lines, which turn back and form V- 

 shaped ornamentations; interior shading to 

 dark orange-brown well inside; columella 

 with four rather fine plaits. 



Further examination, particularly 

 of the soft parts, may prove this to be a 

 valid species, as indicated by various 

 authors. The peculiar color-pattern, togeth- 

 er with the fine coliamellar plaits are the 

 chief distinguishing characters of the 

 shell. 



Amoria praetexta (Reeve) 1849 

 (Plate 6, Figure 47) 



Voluta praetexta Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 



12, figs, 29a-b, 1849. Sowerby: Thes. 



Conch., vol. 3, Ist suppl., p. 271, pi. 



11, (Thes. pi, 260) fig, 125, Tryon: 



Man, Conch., vol, 4, p. 94, pi, 28, figs. 



94, 96, 1882. 

 Amoria tumeri cuminiii Gray, Ann. Nag. 



Nat. Hist,, Sept, 1864. Tomlin, P.M,S,L,, 



vol. 24, p. 145, 1941. 



Alt, 37-50 mm. 



Hab. 



North Australia. 



Nucleus of three and one-half 

 whorls, smooth, shining, suture very light- 

 ly impressed; post -nuclear whorls two and 

 one-half, the first rapidly descending; 

 ground color milky white, overlaid with 

 golden-brown tracings, forming series of 

 small tent-like markings of varying size; 

 columella with three plaits. 



