C L U M B E L L A. 



Plate XIII. 



Species 00. (Mus. Cuming.) 



CoLUMBELLA FF.STIVA. Col. testd ovatd, spird abbreviato- 

 conicd, medio turgidd, pallescente, purpureo-castanno 

 sphacelatd et punctata, nUenle, ad siituras albo-fioc- 

 catd ; aperturd Jlexiiosd, labro externa intus tmmvlo 

 d nitide denticulato. 



The festive Columbella. Shell ovate, spire shortly 

 conical, swollen in the middltf, blotched and dotted 

 with pale purplc-chostniit, shining, flaked with white 

 at the sutures; aperture flexuous, outer lip swollen 

 within and neatly denticulated. 



KiENER, Coquilles vivantes, p. 15. ])1. 11. f. 4. 



Hab. Acapulco. 



An elegant little : 

 white-flaked pnrple-bi 



species, richly painted with 



Species 61. (Mus. Cuming.) 



CoLU.MBELLA GIBBERULA. Col. testd ovato-pyramidali, 

 spird subidatd, atifractibiis plauo-convexis, hrunneo 

 nubectdatis, ultimo r/ibberulo, nd ulrinque latus vari- 

 coso, varieibtis albis; aperturd parvd, haud denticidatd, 

 canali brevi, rejlexo. 



The gibbous Columbella. Shell ovately pyramidal, 

 apire subulate, whorls flatly convex, clouded with 

 brown, the last somewhat gibbous, varicose at each 

 side, varices white ; aperture small, not denticulated, 

 canal short, reflected. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 115. 



Hab. Bay of Caraeeas and Puerto I'ortrero, Central Ame- 

 rica (in sandy mud, at the depth of eleven fathoms) ; 

 Cumin£C. 



A solid acun 

 round the loner 

 side. 



short, lip denticulated within, notched at the upper 

 part. 

 QuoY and Gaimaud, Zool. Voy. de I'Astrolabe, vol. ii. 

 p. 241. pi. 30. f. 31, 22. 

 Columbella gvttuta, Sowerby. 

 ( Hab. Panama (common under stones) ; Cuming. 



This species, confounded originally with Buccinum, may 

 be recognized by its characteristic reticulated painting. 



species, rather gibbously angled 

 itb a white callous varix on either 



Species fi3. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella cribrakia. Col. teUd oblongo-pyramidali, 

 luteaceide, coHtanco-reiicidatd, lievi, spird acuminatd, 

 plerumque decullatd; aperturd breviuscidd, labro intus 

 deuliculato, siiperne sinuaio. 

 The sieve-like Columbella. Shell oblong-pyramidal, 

 yellowish, reticulated with chestnut, -smooth, spire 

 acuminated, generally decollated ; aperture rather 



Species 63. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella tumida. Col. tentd ovatd, medio tumidd, 

 ctpndesceide-albd, epidermide Jlavidd indutd, spird 

 breviusculd, acuta, anfractibus convexk, ultimo trans- 

 versim subobsolete sulcnto, suturis mbnudibus ; labro 

 medio et superne incrassato, intus denticulato. 



The swollen Columbella. Shell ovate, swollen in the 

 middle, bluish-white, covered with a yellow epider- 

 mis, spire rather short, sharp, whorls convex, the 

 last transversely rather obsoletely grooved, sutures 

 somewhat rude; lip thickened in the middle and 

 upper part, denticulated within. 



DucLOS, Monog. du Genre, pi. 13. f. 13, 14. 



Uab. ? 



A stout white species, faintly grooved across, covered 

 with a light yellow epidermis. 



Species 64. (Fig. «, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella bicanalifeka. Col. testd ovaio-pyrami- 

 dali, apice aculo, basi spiraliter sulcato, spird acumi- 

 natd, anfractibus superioribus longitudinaliter coslafis; 

 pallescente-lividd, lineis fulvo-rufescentibus longitu- 

 dinaliter undald ; aperturd oblongd, superne in cana- 

 lem decurretde, labro incrassato, superne mucronato, 

 basi subrtflexo. 



The two-channeled Columbella. Shell ovately py- 

 ramidal, sharp at the apex, spirally grooved at the 

 base, spire acuminated, uppermost whorls longitudi- 

 nally ribbed ; pale-livid colour, longitudinally waved 

 with fulvous-red lines ; aperture oblong, running at 

 the upper part into a canal, lip thickened, pointed at 

 the top, slightly reflected at the base. 



SowEuiiY, Pro Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 113. 



Hub. Galapagos Islands; Ciui.ing. 



