242 TURRITELLA. 



as iricinda had been used to designate several kinds of Turritella 

 prior to 1873, as above indicated. 



Dimensions. — Length 29 mm. ; breadth 8-5 mm. 



Form, and Loc. — Miocene and Pliocene : New Zealand. 



G. 9594. Several examples illustrating stages of growth ; from 

 Shakespeare Cliff. Sir James Hector Coll. 



G. 9599. A specimen of the adult ; from Kanieri. 



Sir James Hector Coll. 



Turritella caver shamensis, nom. mut. 



1873. Turritella gigantea, Hutton, Cat. Tert. Moll. N.Z. p. 12 {non 



Bellardi and Michelotti). 



This large species has slightly concave whorls, elevated in the 

 neighbourhood of the suture, and covered by unequal spiral stria) ; 

 lines of growth deeply sinuous. The specific name gigantea being 

 preoccupied, as indicated, a new designation is here given. 



Dimensions. — Hutton gives the dimensions of a specimen as j 

 6 inches in length ; the largest fragment in the Museum collection ] 

 is Sg- inches in length, and when perfect the shell must have 

 been fully 6 inches. 



Form, and Loc. — Eocene : New Zealand. 



G. 9618. Fragment of the adult; from Oamaru. 



Sir James Hector Coll. 



G. 9635. Imperfect example of the adult ; from Caversham. 



Sir James Hector Coll. 



Turritella, sp. 



The following Australasian Tertiary TiirritellcB, although speci- 

 fically indeterminable, are interesting on account of the localities 

 represented : — 



48803. Cast of a species of Turritella, aff. murrayana ; from 

 Eiver Murray cliffs, South Australia. 



Presented hj Commodore Goodenougli, R.N. 



98221. Mutilated examples of a species imbedded in lime- 

 stone ; from Flinders I. FnrcJnised. 



