64 



A REVIEW OP THE VOLUTIDAE 



Fusus tessellatus Schubert and Wagner, 



Suppl. Bd. Mart, u Chemn., Conch. Cab, 



(12), p. 24, pi. 219, figs. 5048, 5049, 



1829; Klener, Icon. Coq. Vlv., 4, Fusus, 



p. 59, pi. 29, fig. 1; copied In Reeve, 



Conch. Icon., 4, pl. l4, fig. 55, 184?; 



not of Zekell and Plctet Poss. Gosaugeb, 



1852. 

 Valuta (Aurinia) dubia. H. and A. Adams: 



Gen. Rec, Moll., 1, p. I66, I855. 

 Volnta { volutl fusus) dubia, H. and A. 



Adams: Gen. Rec. Moll., 1, p. I66, I855. 

 Valuta { Volutl fusus) dubia. Conrad: Am. 



Jour. Conch., 11, p. 66, I866. 

 Valuta mutabllis Tuomey and Holmes: Pleloc, 



fo3. S. Car., p. 128, pl. 27, figs. 5, 



6, 1856; not of Conrad, Jour. Acad. Nat. 



Scl., Phlla., 7, p. 155, 1858, and Am. 



Journ. Sci., 4l, p. 346, pl. 11, fig. 7, 



l84l, Miocene of Maryland. 

 Valuta iAulica) dubia. Tryon: Man. 4, p. 



90, pl. 27, figs. 77, 81, 1882. 

 Aurinia dubia. Dall: Bull, Mus. Comp. 



Zool., 18, p. 151, 1889; Trans. Wagner 



Inst., Ill, p. 80, pl. 7, fig. 4, I89O; 



Bull, U.S. Nat. Mus. 24, no. 1264, p. 



504, pl. 29, fig. 11, 1902. 

 Aurinia dubia. Dall: . "A Review of the 



American Volutldae," vol. 48, part 3, 



p. 566, 1907. 



Alt. 72 mm. 



Hab. Florida Reefs, along the Straits of 

 Florida (Pourtales) in Gulf Stream, off 

 Key West in 5O-IO9 fathoms. 



Shell with about three and one-half 

 post-nuclear whorls; suture slightly chan- 

 neled; surface somewhat reticulated with a 

 pattern of horizontal and vertical striae; 

 low spiral ribs with slightly wider inter- 

 spaces, most evident anteriorly; three 

 plaits on the columella. Shell often in- 

 habited by hermit crabs. 



Aurinia dohrnl bermudezi 

 Clench and Aguayo 1940 

 (Plate 14, Figure I05) 



Aurlnta bermudezi Clench and Aguayo, Mem- 

 orias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia 

 Natural, vol. 14, p. 90, pl . 16, fig. 5, 

 1940. 



Alt. 59.2, dlam. 20.4 mm. 



Hab. Bahia de Cochinos, Santa Clara, Cuba 

 in 180 to 190 fathoms. 



Holotype in the Museum of Comparative Zo- 

 ology, number 155245, 



Differs from Aurinia dohrni Sowerby 

 by belnr somewhat narrower and possessing 

 two, large, columella plicae. 



Aurinia dohrni florida 

 Clench and Aguayo 1940 

 (Plate 6, Figure 49) 



Valuta dubia Dohrn, Jahrb. d. Malak, Ges., 

 6, pp. 150-156, pl. 4, figs, 1-5, 1879 

 non dubia Broderip 1828. Dohrn 's fig- 

 ure was copied by Tryon in his Man. 

 Conch., pl, 27, fig. 77, 1882. 



Valuta dubia. Tryon: Man. Conch., vol. 4, 

 p. 90, pl, 27, fig, 77, 1882, 



Aurinia dahrni florida Clench and Aguayo, 

 Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de His- 

 toria Natural, vol, l4, p_, 88, pl, 16, 

 fig. 1; text fig, 1, 1940 ', 



Alt, 82 mm, 



Hab. Off Punta Alegre, Camaguey Prov., 



Cuba in 210 fathoms; Lower Florida Keys; 

 off Palm Beach County in 65 to 80 fath- 

 oms. The examples are Immature, but are 

 undoubtedly this subspecies (Frank Ly- 

 man) , 



The specimens figured by Dohrn are 

 strongly nodulous and costate. This varie- 

 ty is very slender; spire ornamented at the 

 shouldered periphery with short longitudinal 

 riblets; upon the body whorl, the shoulder 

 minus the ribs, barely perceptible; ground 

 color light peach, overlaid with rectangu- 

 lar spots of tan. 



Aurinia gouldiana (Dall) I887 

 (Plate 25, Figure I55) 



Valuta gouldiana Dall, Conch. Exch., 2, p. 

 10, July, 1887; Bull. Mus. Comp, Zool., 

 18, p, 154, pl. 29, fig. 5, 1889; Trans. 

 Wagner Inst., 5, p. 81, pl, 7, fig. 2, 

 1890, 



Alt, 69, diam, 25 mm. 



