RANELLA.— Plate VIII. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines ; Cuming. 



This pretty little species exhibits a very agreeable 

 contrast of colour, namely, yellow nodules upon a bright 

 scarlet-rose ground. 



Species 47. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ranella pulchra. Rti/i. testa fusiformi-ovatd, plano- 

 depressd, varicibus latissimis, stellato-pinnatis ; an- 

 fractibus transversim striatis, costis transversis et 

 longi/uilinti/ibus, nil i/cctissationem nodosis, clathrutis, 

 costis transversis promiiicittiorilnis, varices super ra- 

 diantibus ; albiilii, spadiceo nut violascente pallide 

 tiuctd : coliimellii licvi ; ntnal i loitijiusculo ; aperture! 

 pttrrti, rotundatd. 

 The beautiful Ranella. Shell fusiformly ovate, flatly 

 depressed, with the varices very wide, stellately 

 pinnated; whorls transversely striated, latticed with 

 transverse and longitudinal ribs, noduled at the 

 point of crossing, transverse ribs the more promi- 

 nent, radiating over the varices ; whitish, palely 

 tinged with light bay or violet ; columella smooth ; 

 canal rather long ; aperture small, rounded. 

 Gray, Sowerby, Jun., Conch. Illus., Ranella, f. 19. 



Ranella perca, Deshayes. 

 Hab. Island of Luzon, Philippines ; Cuming. 



I cannot agree with M. Deshayes in giving priority to 

 the specific name assigned to " The tinned Frog " by 

 Mr. Perry. That author has long forfeited the notice 

 of scientific men by his absurd names and pantomimic 

 display of figures. 



Species 48. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ranella cuspidata. Ran. testa acuminato-ovatd, cras- 



sittscitlti, sti/idd, rariribus obliquis ; aitfractiliiis trans- 

 versim noduloso-liratis, tuberculis duobus obtusis inter 

 ornatis; albida, luteo-aurantio plus minusve 

 tiuctd- columella la-ci ; cttuit/i brt'ciusctilo, recurvo ; 

 itpcrttird pttrvd. orttto-roluiidatd. 



The spear-point Ranella. Shell acuminately ovate, 

 rather thick, solid, with the varices oblique; whorls 

 transversely nodulously ridged, ornamented between 

 the varices with two blunt tubercles; whitish, more 

 or less stained with yellowish orange; columella 

 smooth ; canal rather short, recurved ; aperture 

 small, ovately rounded. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hab. Islands of Capul and Ticao, Philippines ; Cuming. 

 This shell has somewhat the form and general cha- 

 racter of the Ranella bitubercularis, though it is of more 

 solid growth and of a peculiar orange-yellow colour. 



Species 49. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ranella gyrinus. Ran. testa acuminato-ovatd, anfruc- 

 tibus transversim striatis, litis transversis et longi- 

 tudinalibus decussatis, ad decussationem nodulosis ; 



albd ant luteold, zonis castanen-fuscis cinctd ; colu- 

 mella lavi ; canali breviusculo, recurvo ; aperturd 

 rotunda • laltro intus denticulato. 



The tadpole Ranella. Shell acuminately ovate, 

 whorls transversely striated, decussated with trans- 

 verse and longitudinal ridges, noduled at the point 

 of crossing ; white or yellowish, encircled with 

 chestnut-brown zones ; columella smooth ; canal 

 rather short, recurved ; aperture round ; lip den- 

 ticulated within. 



Deshayes, Note in new edit, of Lamarck's Anim. sans 

 vert., vol. ix. p. 549. 

 Murex gyrinus, Linnaeus. 

 Ranella ranina, Lamarck. 



Hab. Mediterranean ; Philippi ; Island of Ticao, Phi- 

 lippine Islands ; Cuming. 

 Well distinguished by the dark chestnut zone which 



encircles each whorl round the middle. 



Species 50. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ranella l^vigata. Ran. testd rotundato-ovatd, ven- 

 tricosd, spird brevissimd ; unfrac/ibus transversim 

 striatis, superrie angtilatis, ad angulum regulariter 

 nodosis ; albidti, spadiceo pa/lit/i tinctd ; columella 

 rugosd ; canali brevissimo ; aperturd umphi, ulrinque 

 canaliculatd, fauce albd ,• labro intus denticulato. 



The smooth Ranella. Shell rotundately ovate, ven- 

 tricose, with a very short spire ; whorls trans- 

 versely striated, angulated at the upper part, regu- 

 larly noduled on the angle ; white, palely stained 

 with light bay ; columella wrinkled ; canal very 

 short ; aperture large, canaliculated at both ends ; 

 interior white ; lip denticulated within. 



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

 p. 550. 



Hab ? 



The recent analogue of a shell known to Lamarck 

 in a fossil state only. 



