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I close this review with a list of references giving the synonymic 

 history of the Septidce so far as binomial authors are concerned. 



SYNONYMIC HISTORY OF THE SUBDIVISIONS OF THE 

 FAMILY SEPTID/E 



Murex (sp.) Linne, Syst. Nat. ed. x, pp. 748-749, 1758; ed. xn, p. 1213 et seq., 



1767. 

 Tritonium Bolten, Mus. Bolt. p. 125, 179S; ed. n, p. 88, 1819; not of O. F. 



MtJLLER, 1776. 



Cymatium Bolten, op. cit., p. 129, 1798; first species Murex femorale Linne; 



ed. 11, p. 91, 1819. 

 Cabestana Bolten, op. cit., p. 130, 1798; first species Murex cutaceus Linne; 



ed. 11, p. 92, 1819. 

 Distorsio (pars) Bolten, op. cit., p. 133, 1798; Murex anus Linne; ed. 11, p. 



94, 1819. 

 Tritonium (sp.) Link, Beschr. Rostock Samml., p. 121, 1807. 

 Distortrix Link, op. cit., p. 122, 1807; Murex anus Linne. 

 Gyrineum (pars) Link, op. cit., p. 123, 1807; Murex gyrinus L. 

 Apollon Montfort, Conch. Syst., 11, p. 571, 1810; Murex gyrinus Linne 



(= Gyrineum Link, ex parte). 

 Aquillus Montfort, Conch. Syst., 11, p. 578, 1810; Murex cutaceus Linne 



(= Cabestana Bolten). 

 Lotorium Montfort, Conch. Syst., 11, p. 582, 1810; Murex femorale Linne 



(—Cymatium Bolten non Link). 

 Triton Montfort, Conch. Syst., 11, p. 5S6, 1810; T. australc var. /3 Reeve 



( = Tritonium Bolten, not of Muller). Not Triton Linne, 1768. 

 Persona Montfort, Conch. Syst., 11, p. 602, Murex anus Linne (= Distortrix 



Link) ; Gray, Guide Moll. Brit. Mus., p. 43, 1857. 

 Monoplex (pars) Perry, Conch., expl. pi. 111, 181 1. No type selected, but 



Gray, 1847, selects T. olearium (L.) Reeve, = Monoplex australasice 



Perry, fig. 3, = M. costatus Born. 

 Biplex (sp.) Perry, Conch., expl. pi. iv, 181 1, B. perca Perry, selected as type 



by Gray, 1847. 

 Septa Perry, Conch., expl. pi. xiv, 181 1. Contains species of Cymatium 



(Bolten) and Triton nodiferus Lam. 

 Lotorium (sp.) Cuvier, Regne Anim., 11, p. 440, 1817, M. lotorium Linne. 

 Tritonium Cuvier, Regne Anim., 11, p. 440, 1817, M. tritonis Linne. 

 Apollon (Montfort) Cuvier, op. cit., p. 441, M. gyrinus Linne. 

 Distorta Schumacher, Essai, pp. 76, 249, 1817 (= Distortrix Link). 

 Lampusia a. Schumacher, Essai, pp. 76, 250, 1817, Murex pileare Linne 



(= Cymatium Bolten, sp.). 

 Lampusia /3 Schumacher, op. cit., Murex tritonis Linne (= Septa Perry, 



sp.). 

 Colubraria Schumacher, op. cit., pp. 76, 251, Buccinum maculosum Chemnitz. 

 Lampas Schumacher, op. cit., pp. 76, 252, Murex lampas Linne, = Bufonaria 



/3 Schumacher (Ranellidcv). Not Lampas Mus. Calonnianum, 1797. 

 Cassida Dillwyn, Descr. Rec. Sh., 11, p. 703, 1817, in syn. Murex anus 



Linne (= Distortrix Link). Not Cassida Linne, Coleopt. 1758. 



