Catalogue of the Marine SJtells of Victoria. 133 



•GiBBULA LEGRANDI, Pettercl. 



1879. Fossarina legrandi, Petterd. Jour, of Conch., 

 vol. ii., p. 104. 

 Hab.— A rather common little species widely distributed along 

 our coast. 



Note. — We have another small species of this genus hitherto 

 unidentified. 



Mi noli a, A. Adams, 1860. 



JMiNOLiA PHiLiPPENSis, Watson. 



1881. Trochus (Solariella) philippensis, Watson. J.L.S. 



Lond., vol. XV., p. 92. 

 1886. Trochus (Solariella) philippensis, Watson. ChaU. 



Zool., vol. XV., p. 73, pi. 6, f. 10. 

 1889. Minolia philippensis, Tryon. Man. Conch., 

 vol. xi., p. 271, pL 36, f. 15, 16. 

 Hab. — Off the entrance to Port Phillip, 33 fathoms, sand 

 (Challenger). 



Minolia tasmanica, T, Woods. 



1877. Margarita (Minolia) tasmanica, T. Woods. P.R.S. 



Tas., p. U3, No. 33. 



1878. Minolia vectiliginea, var. (?), T. Woods. T.R.S. 



Vic, vol. xiv., p. 59. 

 1889. Minolia tasmanica, Tryon. Man. Conch., vol. xi., 

 p. 263, pL 61, f. 38, 39, 40. 



Hab.— Port Phillip. 



Obs. — The Victorian specimens of this species are usually con- 

 siderably larger than the Tasmanian type. The incorrect 

 spelling and naming of Menke's species by T. Woods is worthy 

 of note, and in his paper to the Royal Society of Victoria he 

 regarded the Victorian shell as a probable variety. This and 

 other species dealt with by him were presented to the National 

 Museum, Melbourne, and this no doubt accounts for the fact 

 that this shell is labelled type in that institution. We are 

 perfectly satisfied that Menke's shell, M. vitiliginea, though of 

 similar aspect from above, difiers in its umbilical characters and 

 in its more solid development. We have examples of Menke's 

 species before us from Western Australia. 



