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NODOSARIA RAPHANUS (Linnaus). 

 Plate 26, figs. 12, 13. 



"Comu Hammonis erectum striatum" Plancus, Conch. Min., 1739, p. 15, pi. 1, 



fig. 6. 

 "Orthoceras minimum" etc. Gaultieri, Index Test., 1742, pi. 19, fig. L. 

 Nautilus raphanus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1767, p. 1164, (Gmelin's), ed. 13, 



1788, p. 3372, No. 16. 

 Orthoccra raphanus Lamarck, Anim. sans. Vert., vol. 7, 1822, p. 593, No. 1; 



Tabl. Encycl. et Meth., pi. 465, fig. 2a, b, c. 

 Nodosaria raphanus Parker and Jones, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 3, 



1859, p. 477. — Silvestri, Atti Accad. Gioenia, Catania, ser. 3, vol. 7, 1872, 



p. 43, pi. 4, figs. 67-81. — H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 



1884, p. 512, pi. 64, figs. 6-10.— Goes, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 29, 1896, 



p. 64. 



Goes in the paper last quoted above records this species from Alba- 

 tross station D3353 in 695 fathoms, one small specimen. I have been 

 unable to find a specimen so labeled in the Goes collection, and as 

 there are no other records for the species in this region the record 

 must remain a doubtful one. 



NODOSARIA OBLIQUA (Linnseus). 



Plate 25, fig. 5. 



"Orthoceras minimum " etc. Gaultieri, Index Test., 1742, pi. 19, fig. N. 

 Nautilus obliquus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1767, p. 1163 (Gmelin's), ed. 



13, 1788, p. 3372, No. 14. 

 Nodosaria (Dentalina) obliqua Parker and Jones, Ann. Mag. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 3, 



1859, p. 482. 

 Nodosaria obliqua H.B.Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 



513, pi. 64, figs. 20-22. — H. B. Brady, Parker, and Jones, Trans. Zool. Soc. 



London, vol. 12, 1888, p. 223, pi. 44, fig. 7.— Goes, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 



vol. 29, 1896, p. 63.— Flint, Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1897 (1899), p. 311, pi. 



57, fig. 4. 



Description. — Test long and tapering, composed of numerous 

 chambers, slightly inflated toward the apical end, more inflated and 

 distinctly separated toward the apertural end, apical end usually 

 with a single large spine, surface of the test with numerous distinct 

 costse running longitudinally the length of the test, aperture with an 

 elongate neck smooth or nearly so. 



Length up to 8-10 mm. or even more. 



Distribution. — Brady speaks of this species as found in "every sea 

 and at almost every depth from the laminarian zone to 1,500 to 

 2,000 fathoms." Goes found specimens from two stations off the 

 west coast of North America, Albatross D3376 in 1,132 fathoms and 

 D3407 in 885 fathoms. I have seen a few broken specimens only in 

 the region. 



