VI. 



Species 28. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ranella livida. Ran. testd ovato-turritd, spird acu- 

 minatd; anfractibus superne depressis, ad suturam 

 granulatis, infra lavibus, transversim noduloso-liratis, 

 in medio tuberculorum seriebus duabus compressis ar- 

 matis ; lividd,fuscescentevarid; columella, subtiliter 

 rugosd : aperturd ovatd, utrinque sinuatd ; labro den- 

 ticulato. 



The livid Ranella. Shell ovately turreted, spire 

 acuminated ; whorls depressed at the upper part, 

 granulated at the suture, smooth beneath, trans- 

 versely nodulously ridged, armed in the middle 

 with two rows of compressed tubercles ; livid, va- 

 riegated with brown ; columella finely wrinkled ; 

 aperture ovate, sinuated at both ends ; lip denticu- 

 lated. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Ranella grant/era, Kiener (not of Lamarck). 



Hab. Island of Annaa, Pacific Ocean (found on the coral 

 reefs) ; Cuming. 

 I do not see how M. Kiener can identify this tuber- 



culated shell with Lamarck's description of Ranella gra- 



nifera, for which see Species 30. 



Species 29. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ranella nana. Ran. testd ovatd, vel oblongo-ovatd, 

 varicibus muricato-tubereulatis ; anfractibus in me- 

 dio acute angulatis, ad unguium muricato-nodosis, su- 

 pra infraquc Icevibus ; cinereo-carulesccnte, zona albd 

 unicd, fasciisque fuscis angustis cinctd ; columelld 

 subrugosd; aperturd ovatd, utrinque fortiter canalicu- 

 latd; labro dent at o. 

 The dwarf Ranella. Shell ovate, or oblong-ovate, 

 varices prickly tuberculated ; whorls sharply angled 

 in the middle, prickly noduled on the angle, smooth 



above and beneath ; ashy-blue, encircled with a 

 single white zone and several narrow brown bands ; 

 columella a little wrinkled; aperture ovate, strongly 

 canaliculated at both ends ; lip toothed. 



Sowerby, Jun., Conch. Illus., Ranella, f. G. 



Hab. Panama (found in coarse sand at the depth of ten 

 fathoms); Cuming. 

 This is an exceedingly pretty species, in which the 



whorls are very neatly painted, leaving a broad white 



zone across the middle ; the surface being entirely free 



from granulation. 



Species 30. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ranella granifera. Ran. testd oblongd, turritd, scabri- 

 usculd, tenuiculd, varicibus rotundis; anfractibus con- 

 vexis, striis granosis cinctis, grants subacutis ; albo- 

 lutescente, rubido-fuscescente vari'e tinctd, pallid'e albi- 

 fasciatd, varicibus albimaculatis , macu/is distantibus ; 

 columelld subtilissime rugosd; aperturd ovatd,utrinqur 

 leviter sinuatd ; labro denticulato. 

 The graniferous Ranella. Shell oblong, turreted. 

 somewhat rough, rather thin, varices round ; whorls 

 convex, encircled with rows of granules, granules 

 rather sharp ; whitish yellow, variously stained 

 with brown, palely banded with white, varices 

 spotted with white, spots distant ; columella very 

 finely wrinkled ; aperture ovate, slightly sinuated 

 on both sides ; lip denticulated. 

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.), vol. ix. 



p. 548. 

 Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



The figures which Lamarck cites for the illustration 

 of this species do not all apply to the same. The shell 

 here figured accords the most distinctly with his de- 

 scription, and I think there can be little doubt of its 

 correct application. 



