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Natica zelandica, Quoy and Gaimard. 



1832. Natiea zelandica, Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. de 1' Astrolabe, Zool. t. ii. 



p. 237, pi. Ixvi. figs. 11, 12. 

 1873. Ndtira zelandica. Von Martens, List. Moll. N.Z. p. 25. 

 1873. Natiea zealandica, Hutton, Cat. Marine Moll. N.Z. p. 21. 

 1873. Natiea zealandica, Hutton, Cat. Tert. Moll. N.Z. p. 8. 

 1880. Natiea zealandica, Hutton, Man. N.Z. Moll. p. 71. 

 1886. Natiea zealandica, Tryou, Manual of Conchology, vol. viii. p. 22, 



pi. iv. fig. 70. 

 1893. Natiea neozelaniea, Hutton, Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Macleay Mem. VoL 



p. 54. 



Shell globose ; spire short, -whorls ornamented by five encircling 

 bands on which, in the fossil specimens, are equidistant pale pink 

 spottings ; umbilicus funiculate, with a large entering callosity. 



i)mm.s«ows. — Length 22-5 mm. ; breadth 20 mm. ; length of 

 aperture 16 5 mm. 



Form, and Loc. — Pliocene : Shakespeare Cliff, New Zealand. 



G. 9573. A series illustrating stages of growth. 



Sir James Hector Coll. 



Natiea ovata, Hutton. 



1873. Natiea {Mamilla) ovata, Hutton, Cat. Tert. Moll. N.Z. p. 9. 

 1893. Natiea (Mamma) ovata, Hutton, Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Macleay Mem. 

 Vol. p. 55, pi. vii. fig. 40. 



" Shell pyriformly ovate, smooth, thick. "Whorls five or six, 

 the suture covered. Aperture semi-lunar ; columellar callus large, 

 but never completely covering the umbilicus." — Hutton. 



It may possibly be referred to Polinices, Montfort ; but is not 

 here definitely relegated to that subgenus, as the umbilicus is not 

 comjiletely filled with callus. 



Dimensiotis. — Length 38 mm. ; breadth 32 mm. ; length of 

 aperture 28 mm. 



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



G. 9560. Imperfect shells, imbedded in argillaceous limestone, 

 probably referable to this species ; from Mokihinui. 



Sir James Hector Coll. 

 G. 9614. Several examples of the adult; from Wanganui. 



Sir James Hector Coll. 



