240 TUEKITELLA. 



Turritella pagodula, Tate. 



1893. Tiirr'itcUa pagodida, Tate, Trans. Eoy. Soc. South Aust. vol. xvii. 

 pt. 2, p. 336, pi. viii. fig. 10. 



Shell small ; characterized by a very promiaent obtuse spiral 

 carina near the suture on the anterior portion of the spire-whoils, 

 between, which and the suture is a small spiral thread, the space 

 between the two developing into a sulcus on the periphery of 

 the body -whorl in the adult. Behind the carina are several more 

 or less obsolete spiral striae, one of which, towards the middle of 

 the whorls, is usually more accentuated than the others ; an 

 ■ obscure ridge borders the suture posteriorly. Several spiral 

 lineations occur near the anterior extremity of the body-whorl. 

 Lines of growth sinuous, cut in towards the middle of the whorls. 



Professor Tate compares this species with the living T. exoleta, 

 Linnseus, and with T. granulifera, Tenison- Woods. 



Dimensions. — Length 11 mm. ; breadth 4 mm. 



Form, and, Loc. — Miocene : Gippsland, Victoria. 



G. 9431. Three examples of the adult. Purchased. 



Turritella rosea, Quoy and Gaimard. 



1834. Turritella rosea, Quoy and Gaimard, Yoy. de 1' Astrolabe, Zool. t. iii. 



p. 136, pi. Iv. figs. 24, 26. 

 1849. Turritella rosea, Reeve, Conch. Icon. vol. v. pi. viii. fig. 41. 

 1873. Turritella rosea, Von Martens, List Moll. X.Z. p. 27. 

 1873. Turritella (Kaustator) rosea, Hutton, Cat. Marine Moll. N.Z. p. 29. 

 1873. Turritella rosea, Hutton, Cat. Tert. Moll. N.Z. p. 12. 

 1880. Turritella [Haustator) rosea, Hutton, Man. N.Z. Moll. p. 83. 

 1886. Turritella [Haustator) rosea, Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. viii. 



p. 199, pi. Ixi. fig. 59 ; pi. Ixii. figs. 67, 68. 

 1893. Turritella rosea, Hutton, Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Mac'eay Mem. Vol. 



p. 63. 



Distinguished by its flat whorls, the body-whorl in the majority 

 of adult specimens being sharply keeled, and having a broad, 

 flat area anteriorly ; a spirally striated keel borders the suture, 

 and there are several undulating spiral threads of irregular sizes, 

 some being very prominent. 



It recalls young specimens of the common T. earinifera, 

 Deshayes, of the European Eucene. A remarkable feature both 



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