COLUM BELLA 



Species US. (Mus. Cuming.) 



CoLUMBELLA CEREALIS. Col. testa pyratttidaU-oblongd, 

 albidd, nitente, lineis tenidbus avrantiis longitudinaUter 

 undatis eleganler pictd, anfradibus mhrotundatis, su- 

 peme tuberculato-codatis ; aperturd parvd, columella 

 tortuosd. 

 The corn Columbella. Shell pyramidally oblong, 

 whitish, shining, elegantly painted with delicate lon- 

 gitudinally waved orange lines, whorls somewhat 

 rounded, tubercularly ribbed at the upper part ; aper- 

 ture small, columella twisted. 

 Menke, MS. Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. ? 



Chiefly characterized by the tubercularly ribbed sculp- 

 ture of the whorls beneath the sutures, and by the paint- 

 ing of light longitudinally waved orange lines. 



Species 119. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella catenata. Col. testa oblongd, crassd, pal- 

 lida, maculis lineisque aurantio-castaneis tessellatis bi- 

 fasciatim marmoratd, spird subacuminatd, anfradibus 

 longitudinaUter fortiter dense coslaiis, ad basin sfric- 

 tis ; aperturd parviusciild, utrinque denticitlaid, labro 

 siiperni emarginato. 

 The chained Columbella. Shell oblong, thick, pale, 

 marbled with two bands of tessellated orange-brown 

 bands and lines, spire rather acuminated, whorls lon- 

 gitudinally strongly closely ribbed, contracted at the 

 base; aperture rather small, denticulated on each 

 side, lip notched at the upper part. 

 SowEEBY, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844, p. 52. 

 Columbella costulata, C. B. Adams. 

 Hab. Jamaica. 



A strongly ribbed shell, encircled with two characteris- 

 tic orange-brown bands, blotched on the alternate ribs. 



Species 130. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella lactea. Col. testa ovatd vel oblongo-cylin- 

 draced, te/iui, pellucidd, nitente, aurantio palUdksime 

 tindd etjlammnlatd, apice rosea ; aperturd brevi, labro 

 subincrassalo, superne emarginato, vix denticulato. 

 The milky Columbella. Shell ovate or oblong-cylin- 

 drical, thin, transparent, shining, very faintly tinged 



and flamed with orange, apex pink; aperture short, 

 lip rather thickened, notched at the upper part, 

 scarcely denticulated. 



Hab. Gulf of California ; Mr. Babb, R.N. 



So transparent that the columella may be seen througli- 



out, from its commencement within the apex to the base. 



Species 121. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella cakinata. Col. testa pyramidali-ovatd, 

 fulvd, fasciis duabus castanei-s albijloccatis cingulatd, 

 anfradibtis convexis, ultimo versus aperturam eonspicue 

 carinato ; aperturd subquadratd, livido-violaced, den- 

 ticuiatd, effusu, superne sinuatd. 

 The keeled Columbella. Shell pyramidally ovate, 

 fulvous, encircled with two white-flocked chestnut 

 bauds, whorls convex, the last conspicuously keeled to- 

 wards the aperture ; aperture somewhat square, livid- 

 violet, denticulated, eftused, sinuated at the upper 

 part. 

 Hinds, Moll. Toy. Sulphur, p. 39. pi. 10. f. 15, 18. 

 Hab. Bodegas and San Diego, Calilbrnia (at seven fathoms 

 depth); Hinds. 

 The keel which distinguishes this species being at the 

 back of the last whorl, is not seen in the accompanying 

 figure, but is indicated by the sinus of the aperture. 



Species 122. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella Santa-Barbahensis. Col. testa subfusi- 

 formi-oblongd, venlricosiusculd, pallide fulvo-oJivaced, 

 infra suturas allimaculald, spird acutd, anfradibun 

 convexis, spiraliter lineari-sulcalis ; aperturd subquad- 

 ratd, fauce violaced, labro superne emarginato. 

 The Santa Barbara Columbella. Shell somewhat 

 fusiformly oblong, rather ventricose, pale fulvous-olive, 

 white-spotted below the sutures, spire sharp, whorls 

 convex, spirally striately grooved ; aperture somewhat 

 square, interior violet, lip notched at the upper part. 

 Carpenter, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1856, p. 208. 

 Hab. Santa Barbara, Upper Califo>->iia. 



The surface of this well-marked species is not merely 

 faintly striated, as described by Mr. Carpenter, but dis- 

 tinctly linearly grooved, unusually so for a Columbella. 



November, 185 8. 



