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1869, p. 358, pi. 26, fig. 3. Sowerby: 

 Thes. Conch., vol. 5, 2nd suppl., p. 30^ 

 pi. 17 (Thes, pi. 516), fig. 164. Try- 

 on: Man. Conch., vol. 4, p. 92, pi, 27, 

 fig. 83, 1882, 



Alt. 75 mm. 



Hab. 



Tasmania, 



Shell pure white, without markings. 

 This may be merely an albinistic form but 

 It appears advisable to retain the neime 

 pending further investigation. 



Amoria zebra zebra (Leach) l8l4 

 (Plate 6, Figure 55) 



Valuta zebra Leach, Zool, Misc., vol. 1, 

 pi. 12, fig. 1, I8l4. Swainson: Zool. 

 111. Ser. 2, vol. 2, pt, 19, pl. 87, 

 1832. Try on: Man, Conch., vol, 4, p. 

 93, pl. 28, fig. 91, 1882, Sowerby: 

 Thes. Conch., vol. 1, p. 195, pl. 53, 

 figs. 83, 84, 



Kariinella radlata Lamarck: An». s. Vert., 

 ed. Deshayes, 10, p. 436. 



Valuta straiulata Schubert and Wagner, 



suppl. Conch. Cab, of Martini and Chem- 

 nitz, 1829, 



Alt, 37-40 mm, 



Hab, East Coast of Australia. 



Nucleus of the bulbous type, whorls 

 three, the last greatly developed upon one 

 side, shining; post-nuclear whorls, two 

 and three-quarters; suture Irregular, more 

 or less lightly channeled; ground color 

 ivory, overlaid with longitudinal closely 

 spaced, parallel, dark reddish-brown lines, 

 which occasionally meet; four, primary an- 

 terior plaits on columella, secondary pos- 

 terior plait present. 



Amoria zebra lineata (Leach) I8l4 

 (Plate 6, Figure 50) 



Valuta lineata Leach, Zool, Misc, vol, 1, 

 T. 12, fig. 2, I8l4. Reeve: Conch. 

 Icon,, pl, 18, figs. 43a-b, 1849. Chenu; 

 Man.de Conch., p. I88, figs, 96I, 963, 

 1859. Maxwell Smith: World-Wide Sea 

 Shells, p. 66, fig. 88I, 1940. 



Alt, 35-40 mm, 



Hab, Australia, 



Differs f rom s . zebra zebra in the 

 possession of fewer and more separated 

 longitudinal lines, which do not usually 

 meet. Individuals of this subspecies are 

 often broader and more compact than the 

 typical shell. 



Subfamily AURINIINAE* 



Genus ADELOMELON Ball I906 



Adelomelon Ball, I9O6, Nautilus, vol. 19, 

 number 12, p. l43. Scaphella, cynbiala, 

 etc., of authors, not of Swainson, I832. 



Genotype: "valuta" ancilla Solander. 



Range: The Americas, principally South 

 America, 



Adelomelon ancilla (Solander) I786 

 (Plate 25, Figure I7I) 



Valuta ancilla Solander, in Port, Cat., 

 p. 137^ number 306I, I786. Pounded on 

 D'Avila's "grand Buccin Magellanlque) 

 vol. 1, pl. 8, fig, s, number I8I, p, 

 l40, 1767; cf. also Biderot, Encycl, 

 Recueil des Planches, 6, pl, 67, fig. 9, 

 1768. Favanne: Conchyl 

 E, 1780. Karamerer: Cat 

 pl. 7, fig. 1, 1786. 



Valuta matellanlca Chemnitz 



10, pp, 138-39, 1788, ex parte, figs 

 excl. 



Valuta spectabilis Gmelln: 

 p. 3468, number l42, I792. 



Valuta one t Ha, Lamarck: Ann. du Mus., 17, 

 p. 69, 1811, Beshayes: Encyl, Meth, 

 pl, 385, fig. 3, 1816, An, s. Vert,, 7, 

 p, 343, 1822. Gould: Exped, Shells, 

 Wilkes Exped., pl,' 20, fig, 258, 1852, 



Valuta naiellanica. Lahllle: Rev. Mus, de 

 la Plata, 6, p. 315, ex parte (? plate 

 7, figs. 149, 154, pl. 8, fig. 175), 

 1895. 



Valuta {cynbiala) ancilla. Chenu: Man. 

 Conchyl,, 1, p. 189, fig. 958, 1859- 



Adelomelan ancilla. Ball: Nautilus, vol, 

 19, number 12, p, l43, April, I906. 



Valuta (cymblala) ancilla. Kobelt : Cat. 



pl. 28, fig, 

 Rudolstadt, 



Conch, Cab, 



Syst, Nat., 6, 



*Scaphella having been discarded It Is necessary to select a new subfamily name as a receptacle for cert- 

 tain genera. The Adams Brothers genus Aurinia provides the foundation for the name Aurinilnae . 



