LAMELLARIIDAE 175 



Strombus ranimis Gmelin Hawk-wing Conch 



Plate 5c 



Southeast Florida and the West Indies. 



2 to 4 inches in length. Shell bluntly spinose with the last two spines 

 on the last whorl by far the largest. Outer lip points upward at the top. 

 Color of outer shell a brownish gray with chocolate-brown mottlings. Aper- 

 ture cream-colored with a salmon-pink interior. Common in the West Indies. 

 S. bitiiberculatus Lamarck is the same species. 



Strombus gallus Linne Rooster-tail Conch 



Plate 56 

 Southeast Florida (rare) and the West Indies. 



4 to 6 inches in length, characterized by the long extension of the poste- 

 rior end of the outer lip and the rather high spire. This species is not at all 

 common, although it may be obtained in fair numbers along the north coast of 

 Jamaica. 



Superfmiily CYPRAEACEA 



Family LAMELLARIIDAE 



Genus Lamellaria Montagu 1815 



Lamellaria diegoensis Dall San Diego Lamellaria 



Figure 43d 



Southern California. 



% inch in length, equally wide, quite fragile and transparent-white in 

 color. 3 whorls moderately globose, the last large. Aperture very large. 

 Columella very thin. Surface smoothish, except for fine, irregular growth 

 lines. Periostracum thin, clear and glossy. Uncommon offshore. 



Lamellaria rhombic a Dall (Washington to Lower California) is the same 

 size, much flatter and thicker-shelled, and is opaque-white in color. Its colu- 

 mella is thicker and ridge-like. This species is more common than the pre- 

 ceding and is commonly washed ashore. 



Subfamily VELUTININAE 

 Genus Velutina Fleming 1821 



Velutina laevigata Linne Smooth Velutina 



Plate 2 2n 



Labrador to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Alaska to Monterey, Cahfomia. 



34 to % inch in length, very thin and fragile, translucent amber, and 

 covered with a thick, brownish periostracum which is spirally ridged. Colu- 

 mella arched and narrow. Common offshore from 3 to 50 fathoms. V. undata 



