RAN ELL A. 



Species 42. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ranella hastula. Ran. testd parvuld, sullanceolatd, 

 depressd, ancipiti ; anfractibus transversim granoso- 

 striatis, lamellis elevatis indistinct^ diadematis; cas- 

 taneo-fuscd; columella lesvi ; canali brevi, recurve; 

 aperturd parvd. 



The little spear Ranella. Shell very small, sub- 

 lanceolate, depressed, two-edged ; whorls trans- 

 versely granulate!)' striated, indistinctly crowned 

 with small raised plates ; dark chestnut-brown ; 

 columella smooth; canal short, recurved; aperture 

 small. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Sue, 1X44. 



Hub. ? 



This little dark granulated shell, though less pyra- 

 midal, is of similar structure to the Ranella anceps. 



Species 43. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ranella anceps. Ran. testd parvd, sublanceolatd, de- 



presso-pyramidali , ancipiti ; (infract i bus Itceihus, ni- 

 tidis, subobsolet'e eostatisjaiuellis devatis diadematis; 

 alba ; columella leevi . canali brevi, recurvo ; aper- 

 turd pared, rotunda. 

 The two-edged Ranella. Shell small, sublanceolate, 

 depressly pyramidal, two-edged ; whorls smooth, 

 shining, crowned with small raised plates ; white ; 

 columella smooth ; canal short, recurved; aperture 

 small, round. 

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

 p. .350. 



Ranella pi/riimida/is, Broderip. 

 Murex anceps, Pfeiffer. 

 Hab. Panama (found on the reefs) ; Cuming. 



The longitudinal line which Mr. Broderip describes 

 as traversing the whole length of the shell, both on the 

 upper and under sides, is somewhat imaginary. It is 

 suggested, no doubt, by the natural elevation of the su- 

 tural plates, and has no analogy with the varices. 



Species 44. (Fig. a and />, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ranella pusilla. Run. testd pyramidali-ovatd, varici- 

 bus obliquis; unfraclilms deeussatim enslatis.costis ad 

 decussationem granosis, interstitiis subtilissime stri- 

 atic ; albd, rosea luteoi/ue curie liueta et maculatd ; 

 canali breviter recurvo ; aperturd pared. 



The small Ranella. Shell pyramidally ovate, varices 

 oblique ; whorls decussately ribbed, ribs grained at 

 the point of crossing, interstices very finely stri- 

 ated ; white, variously stained and spotted with 

 pink and yellow ; canal shortly recurved ; aperture 

 small. 

 Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1832. 



Hab. Lord Hood's Island, Pacific Ocean and Philippine 

 Islands (found on the reefs) ; Cuming. 

 The specimens found by Mr. Cuming at Lord Hood's 

 Island in the Pacific are pale and discoloured, whilst 

 those from the Philippines are more or less diversified 

 with pink and yellow. They may prove to be distinct 

 species, but I cannot consider them so at present. 



Species 45. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ranella nitida. Ran. testd ovatd, planissimo-depressd, 

 vurieilius lutis, pinnalis ; anfractibus transversim tu- 

 berculuto-nodiilosis, varices super lirutis; uiijro-pur- 

 pured, interdum ulbifusciutd ; columella hevi, canali 

 longiusculo ; aperturd ovali, parvuld ; labro inlus 

 denticulate. 



The neat Ranella. Shell ovate, flatly depressed ; va- 

 rices broad, pinnated ; whorls transversely tuber- 

 culously noduled, ridged over the varices ; blackish 

 purple, sometimes banded with white ; columella 

 smooth, canal rather long ; aperture oval, very 

 small ; lip denticulated within. 



Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1832. 



Hab. Bay of Caraccas, West Columbia ; Cuming. 



The flat radiating winged varices give this shell a very 

 characteristic appearance. 



Species 46. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ranella rosea. Ran. testd pyramidali-ovatd, varicibus 

 subobliijiiis : anfractibus superne leviter angulatis, 



transversim striutis, uudii/ui seriatim tulierciilato-no- 

 dulosis. nodulis ml unguium bipartitis .■ vividi cocci- 

 neo-rosed, nodulis luteis : canali brcviler recurvo, 

 aperturd pared . 

 The rose Ranella. Shell pyramidally ovate, varices 

 rather oblique ; whorls slightly angulated, trans- 

 versely striated, entire surface covered with rows 

 of tubercle-like nodules, of which those on the 

 angle are bipartite ; bright scarlet-rose, nodules 

 yellow ; canal shortly recurved, aperture small. 



July 1844. 



