﻿K LI P H U S. 



Cuius KUPHUS, Gvtteard (Cyplius). 

 MoUuscum arenicolum. Tuba magna alba, riiijnga, mib- 

 annulata, postice attemiata, intus in tubas diiabus 

 (iii'isa, la})iiins scptiformibns transversis concame- 

 rata. Valrce ignoto'. /'alwuli compressores lestacei, 

 deltoides. 

 Mollusc, sand-burrowing. Tubo largK, white, rougli, 

 slightly ringed, posteriorly attenuated, divided 

 interiorly into two tubes, chambered transversely 

 with septiform lamina;. Valves unknown, com- 

 pressor pahnlets shelly, deltoid. 

 Syn. Furcella, Oken. Septaria, Laman k. 



The gigantic tube of this Mollusc in its anterior 

 duplicate opening, its inner transverse septa, and its 

 white, roughened, and irregularly annulated surface, is 

 .so exactly like a magnified representation of the tube 

 of a Teredo as to leave little doubt as to the nature of 

 tiie animal and its affinity with the genus Ti'ndo. At 

 the same time it can hardly be included in that genus, 

 the valves having never been .seen, and it being certain 

 that the animal does not bore like the Teredines. 



LiNN/EUS (Sn-pu/a). Systema Natura-. 

 Septai-ia arenaria, Ijamarck. 



Althougii not yet discovered, there can bo little 

 doubt but tii;it valves of .some kind e.xist. It is only 



barely possib 

 tube, of whi 

 about three a 



.Species 1. (Mus. Brit.) 



KuPHUS GIGANTE.\. Kup. testd maxitiid, tubd eloiujatd, 

 rugosd postice attenvatu, divisd, antice late apertd ; 

 valvulis et palmulis compressorihus ignotis. 



Thk gic5.\ntic Kl'PHUS. Shell very large ; tube elon- 

 gated, rugose, posteriorly attenuated, divided, 

 anteriorly broadly open; valves and compressor 

 palmlets unknown. 



that tl 



•h fig. h re 

 id a half let 



nay become absorbed, 

 •esents the end porti( 

 long. 



The 



Species •>. (Fig. «, h, r, Mus. Brit.) 

 Krinics n.Ai'SA. /\'ii/i. tcMd magna; tuba tenviusruld 

 antirr diris,}, iitifiiinit,!. concameratd ; postice 

 mai-gine mtinnhitini iujhj-o snperlnminatfi claiigd ; 

 valvulis igiiclis ; pnhindis rompressnnbus te$taceis, 

 anpialihust, tuiliri- .iti/li/'urniihvg, postice deltoides. 

 Thf. fi.dsri) Ki-inii's. Sliell large; tube rather thin, 

 antericirly dividi'd, attenuated, chambered, pos- 

 teriorly closed by the roundly-inflected, super- 

 laminated margin : valves unknown ; compressor 

 palmlets shelly, c(iuul, anteriorly styliform, pos- 

 teriorly deltoid. 



."^OWKIIIIY. 



Ilab. ? 



The end of the tube, which in the British Museum 

 specimen is about fifteen inches long, is closed by the 

 margin being folded inwards so as to meet and over- 

 lap across a rounded oval disc. If there were valves 

 they would be enclosed within this termination. I do 

 not know whether they have been sought in the 

 specimen. The specimen in the British Museum is 

 labelled as identical with the well-known C. arenaria. 



May, 1875. 



