KANELLA.— Plate IV. 



with pale yellow; columella wrinkled; aperture 



elongately ovate, strongly canaliculated at both 



ends; lip toothed, faintly tinged with yellowish 



orange. 

 Deshayes, Note in new edit. Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., 



vol. ix. p. 547. 



Mures crassus, Dillwyn. 



Ranella granulata, Lamarck. 



Hub. ? 



1 am glad to follow M. Deshayes in giving my ex- 

 cellent countryman Mr. Dillwyn the credit of having 

 first distinguished this interesting species according to 

 the Linnsan form of nomenclature. Although most of 

 the Ranella: are more or less granulated, none are studded 

 with such evenness and regularity as the Ranella crassa. 



Species 19. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ranella affinis. Ran. testa pyramidali , crassa, pon- 

 derosd, depressiiiscu/ii, varicibus graniferis ; anfrac- 

 tibus leviter angulatis, tuber cults parvis retusis granu- 

 lisque minimis, seriebus irnicis, altcrnatim cinctis, tu- 

 berculis ad angulum bipartitis ; carneo-albidd, rubido- 

 castaneo plus minusve tinctd ei maculatd, apicem ver- 

 sus rosaced; columella miiltirugosii, pallide cameold, 

 superne fusceseente tinctd ,■ aperturd ovatd, utrinque 

 leviter canaliculatd ; labro incrassato, dentato, pallidt 

 carneolo. 



The affined Ranella. Shell pyramidal, thick, heavy, 

 rather depressed ; whorls slightly angulated, en- 

 circled alternately with single rows of small blunt 

 tubercles and exceedingly minute granules, tuber- 

 cles on the angle bipartite ; fleshy white, more or 

 less stained and spotted with reddish chestnut, rose- 

 tinted towards the apex ; columella much wrinkled, 

 pale flesh-coloured, stained with light brown at the 

 upper part ; aperture ovate, slightly canaliculated 

 at both ends ; lip thickened, tooth pale flesh- 

 coloured. 

 Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1832. 



Ranella gran if era, var., Kiener. 

 Hab. Island of Annaa (Chain Island), Pacific Ocean, 

 and Philippine Islands (found on the reefs) ; Cu- 

 ming. 

 This species is certainly aflined to the Ranella grani- 

 fera, but no one who has seen the shell could venture 

 to assert that it is not specifically distinct. IU. Kiener 

 should be careful neither to abolish nor confound species 

 without due examination. The Ranella ajfinis, of which 

 Mr. Cuming has collected specimens both at the Philip- 

 pine and Pacific Islands, is a heavy ponderous shell, ex- 

 hibiting a style of tubercular granulation which is pecu- 

 liar to it ; it is not banded with white, as Lamarck de- 

 scribes the Ranella grunifera to be, and a still more cha- 

 racteristic feature in the colour of this shell is, that the 

 first two or three whorls are perfectly pink. 



