TRITON.— Plate II. 



Species 5. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Triton gallinago. Trit. testa abbreviato-c/avteformi, 

 varicibus duobus, rotundis, solidis ; spird brevius- 

 culd, acuminata; anfractibus superne angulatis, tu- 

 berculorum serie unicd ad unguium armatis, tuberculis 

 peculiariter plano-vellicatis, acutis, anfractds ultimi 

 valde irregu/aribus ; anfractibus infra costatis, costis 

 crenulatis, sub tuberculis flexuos'c nodulosis, costarum 

 interslitiis elevato-striatis ; albd, varicibus aurantio- 

 fusco vivid'e tinctis ; columella rugoso-plicatd, aper- 

 ture fauce albd, labro int us fort iter denticulato ; ca- 

 nali subelongato, ascendente. 

 The woodcock Triton. Shell abbreviately club-shaped, 

 with two round solid varices ; spire rather short, 

 acuminated ; whorls angulated at the upper part, 

 armed at the angle with a row of sharp, peculiarly 

 flatly-pinched tubercles, tubercles of the last whorl 

 very irregular ; whorls ribbed beneath, ribs crenu- 

 lated, flexuosely noduled under the tubercles, in- 

 terstices between the ribs sculptured with raised 

 striae ; white, varices stained with bright orange- 

 brown ; columella rugosely plaited, interior of the 

 aperture white, lip strongly denticulated within ; 

 canal rather long, turned upwards. 

 Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hub. Cagayan, province of Misamis, island of Mindanao, 



Philippines (found in sandy mud at the depth of 



twenty fathoms) ; Cuming. 



The ribs of this delicate species are noduled, and more 



strongly developed on the varices than on the body of 



the shell ; and the central dorsal tubercle of the last 



whorl is unusually prominent, with all the appearance of 



a double tubercle. The canal is much shorter than that 



of most of the club-shaped Tritons, and is particularly 



curved or bent upwards. 



Species 6. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Triton fusiformis. Trit. testd abbreviatofusiformi, 

 so/idd, varicibus octo ; spird acuminatd, apice acuto ; 

 anfractibus irregulariter convolutis, superne suban- 

 gulatis, transversim striatis, striis granulis obtusis 

 oblongis alternatim tessellatis, interslitiis subtilissime 

 crispis, anfractuum medio tuberculorum serie obliqud 

 armato, tuberculis grandibus, prominentibus ; fulvo- 

 spadiced, striis transversis vuricibus super solidis 

 fuscescentibus, deinde fuscescente spadiceoque articu- 

 latis; columella Icevi, callositate parvd superne ar- 

 matd ; aperturd rotundd, fauce lacteci, labro intus 

 leviter denticulato ; canali breviusculo, recurvo. 

 The fusiform Triton. Shell abbreviately fusiform, 

 solid, with eight varices ; spire acuminated, apex 

 sharp ; whorls irregularly convoluted, rather angu- 

 lar at the upper part, transversely striated, striae 

 alternately tessellated with blunt oblong granules, 

 interstices between the striae very finely crisped, 

 middle of the whorls armed with an oblique or 

 slanting row of large prominent tubercles ; yel- 

 lowish bay-colour, transverse striae light brown 

 upon the solid varices, then articulated with light 

 brown and bay ; columella smooth, armed at the 

 upper part with a small callosity ; aperture round, 

 interior milk-white, lip slightly denticulated within ; 

 canal rather short, curved backwards. 

 Kiener, Iconographie Coq. viv., p. 36. pi. 5. f. 2. 



Hal. ? 



The entire surface of this interesting solid tubercled 

 shell is tessellated with minute oblong granules upon 

 raised transverse striae, the interstices between which 

 are most delicately crisped ; and about every tenth stria 

 is broader and more strongly articulated with colour 

 than the rest. 



