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cuneata, Modiolaria: 1861, PBSNH, vol. 8, p. 38 (False Bay, Cape 

 of Good Hope, at low water mark, imbedded in the test of a large 

 ascidian, sometimes a dozen in an individual, also among rocks, 

 20 fathoms, W. Stimpson), long. 12, alt. et lat. 7 mm.; 1862, Otia 

 Conch., p. 176. Lectotype, here selected, USNM 126 figured by 

 Bartsch, 1915, USNM Bull. 91, p. 198, pi. 42, figs. 5, 6. 



cuneola, Mactra [Spisula]: 1850, PBSNH, vol. 3, p. 216 (Callao 

 [Peru]), long. %, alt. %, lat. 3 / 10 in.; 1852, USEE, vol. 12, p. 390, pi. 

 504, a-b; 1862, Otia Conch., p. 75. Measured holotype USNM 

 5891, figure slightly enlarged. 



cunicula, Atlanta: 1852, USEE, vol. 12, p. 492, pi. 51, fig. 598,a-c 

 (lat. 28° N., long. 178° E., to the westward of the Sandwich [Hawai- 

 ian] Islands, Dana), no measurements; 1862, Otia Conch., p. 235. 



cuprea, Modiolaria Plate 27, fig. 4 



1861, PBSNH, vol. 8, p. 37, (Kagos[h]ima Bay [Japan], W. Stimp- 

 son), long. 7, lat. 4, alt. 4.5 mm. in.; 1862, Otia Conch., p. 175: 

 "Only a single not very fresh specimen found." Holotype USNM 

 24066. NPEE. 



curta, Mactra solidissima Plate 26, fig. 3 



1870, Invert. Massachusetts, p. 75 (Grand Manan Island [New 

 Brunswick, Canada], W. Stimpson), length 3%, height 2%, breadth 

 iy 2 in. Measured holotype MCZ 225314 ex BSNH 9065; paratype 

 MCZ 225286. 



curta, Nassa: 1850, PBSNH, vol. 3, p. 153 (Samoa Islands), long. 

 %o, lat. % in.; 1852, USEE, vol. 12, p. 258, pi. 19, fig. 326,a-c; 1862, 

 Otia Conch., p. 69. 2 syn types USNM 5722; syntype MCZ 169107 

 ex NYSM 20, original no. G 2560; 4 syntypes MCZ 216595 ex 

 Smithsonian Inst, (printed label). 



curta, Nassaria: 1860, PBSNH, vol. 7, p. 328 (Port Jackson [New 

 South Wales, Australia], W. Stimpson), axis 10, diam. 6 mm.; 1862, 

 Otia Conch., p. 125. NPEE. Hedley, 1913, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 New S. Wales, vol. 38, p. 317, did not find this species in any of the 

 collections he visited. 



curtina, Chrysallida: 1862, PBSNH, vol. 8, p. 280 (South Carolina), 

 long. 5, lat. 2 mm.; 1862, Otia Conch., p. 237. 



curvidens, Pupa: 1841, Invert. Massachusetts, p. 189, fig. 120 

 (under loose stone on ledges at Phillip's Point, Lynn [Massachu- 

 setts], near the Ocean House), length Y n , breadth % in.; mentioned 

 as being in Massachusetts State Cabinet 89 and BSNH 2396, but 

 both specimens lost; not in 1862, Otia Conch.; 1870, Invert. Mas- 

 sachusetts, p. 434, as a synonym of Pupa pentodon Say. 4 ideo- 

 types MCZ 169106 ex NYSM 214, original no. A 5793, labeled 

 "Chelsea Beach Island, Massachusetts." 



