COLUMBELLA 



Species 35. (Fig. 35 c, h, and 3fi a, b.) 



CoLUMBEi,L.\ OBSCURA. Col. testd oblongd, lavi, obscure 

 ful'od, strigis longitudinalibus nigrescertte-fvscis, spird 

 conoided, anfractibus septeni, snperne convexd ; labia 

 externo sub'mcrmsalo, margine aeidiusculo, intns siib- 

 denticulaio, canali brevi, mbrefiexo. 



The obscuke Columbella. Shell oblong, smooth, ob- 

 scurely fulvous, with longitudinal blackish-brown 

 streaks, spire conoid, whorls seven, convex at the 

 upper part ; outer lip rather thickened, rather sharp 

 at the edge, slightly denticulated within, canal short, 

 a little reflected. 



SowERBY, Thesaurus Conch, vol. i. p. 121. pi. 37. f. 70, 

 71. 



Hab. Nortii-vvest coast of New Holland. 



The colouring of this species is peculiar, the tlexuous 

 longitudinal black-brown streaks appearing over a faint 

 network or stained band of scorched-fulvous. 



Species 37. (Fig. a, i, Mus. Cuming.) 

 CoLUMBELLA Tyleri. CoL tesld ovato-oblongd, lavi, 

 alba, fusco-nigro reticulata et strigatd, spird subobfuse 

 ucuminatd, aufractibus sejdem, ventricosiusc/dis; aper- 

 turd laliusculd, labia externo vix incrassato, intus den- 

 tieulalo, columeUd arcuatd. 

 Tyler's Columbella. Shell ovately oblong, smooth, 

 white, reticulated and streaked with rusty black, 

 spire somewhat obtusely acuminated, whorls seven, 

 rather ventricose ; aperture rather broad, outer lip 

 slightly thickened, denticulated within, columella 

 arched. 

 Gray, Griffith's Cuvier's Animal Kingdom. 

 CohmMla Palmerina, Duclos. 

 Hab. Australia. 



This -species is variously mottled. In the present spe- 

 cimen the pattern is striped on one side and neatly tessel- 

 lated on the other. 



Species 38. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Colcmbella fluctdata. Col. testd iubtrigono-ovatd, 

 crassd, ustnlato-nigrd, lineis fidva-albidis acute angu- 

 latis transversim Jluctuatd, spird conico-turritd, an- 

 fractibus septem, superne valide tuberculaiis ; aperturd 

 subaiigusid, labia externo mipenie callaso-dnuaia, medio 

 intus denticulata. 



The waved Columbella. Shell somewhat triangularly 

 ovate, thick, scorched-black, transversely waved with 

 sharply zigzag fulvous-white lines, spire conically 

 tnrreted, whorls seven, strongly tubercled at the 

 upper part; aperture rather narrow, outer lip callously 

 sinuated, denticulated within in the middle. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1833, p. 115. 



Hab. ? 



A solid strougly-tuberclcd stu-U, of a dark burnt-brown 

 colour, picked out with fine transversely zigzag yellowish- 

 white lines. 



Species 39. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella spongiarum. Col. testd ovatd, medio obesd, 

 ad basin contractd, l/evigatd, albidd, Jlavescente-tinctd 

 et reticulatd, spird acuminatd, rosed, anfractibus sep- 

 tem ad ado, superne svbrotundatis ; aperturd angustd, 

 labia externo subincrassata, medio intus tunddo et ni- 

 tide denticulata. 



The sponge Columbella. Shell ovate, stout in the 

 middle, contracted at the base, smooth, whitish, 

 stained and reticulated with yellow, spire acuminated, 

 rose-coloured, whorls seven to eight, rather rounded 

 at the upjier part ; aperture narrow, outer lip slightly 

 thickened, swollen and neatly denticulated in the 

 middle within. 



Duclos, Jlonog. du genre, pi. 3. f. 13-16. 



Hab. ? 



A very elegantly-formed shell, swollen in the middle 

 and contracted at the base, with a very shar|) spire. 



