310 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



PsEUDORHAPHiTO.MA DAHNLEYi Brazier. 



(Plate li., fio-. 184.) 



Clathurella danileni Brazier, Proe. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., i., 1876, p. 154. 



Maiigelia darnleyensis Tryon, Man. Concli., vi., 1884, p. 256, pi. i., fig. 73. 



One of tlie original Darnley Island specinjens is here figured. The 

 species has the nsnal contoui- of PseiuJorhapliitoma, but differs by the 

 absence of fine grained spirals. This, with P. difylota, fortilirata, and 

 styraciiia, are aberrant members of this genus whose classification requires 

 further attention. 



Hah. Queensland: — 20 fathoms, off Darnley Island (type, Brazier); 

 Murray Island (self). 



PSEUDORHAPHfTOMA DITYLOTA Melvlll. 



Clathurella difyldfu Melvill, Proc. Malac. Soc, x., 1912, p. 252, pi. xii., 

 fig. 17. 



Lieiiardiii difylota Melvill, op. cit., xii., 1917, p. 188. 



Hah. Queensland: — Townsville (Heun). 



PsEUDORHArHITOMA INFORMIS S^J. UOV. 



(Plate li., fig. 135.) 



Shell small, rather solid, ovate-elongate, broader and shorter than 

 usual. Colour nnifoim pale buff extei iially, stained with orange inside 

 the aperture. Whorls six. Sculptui^e: — The ribs are six to a whorl, 

 continuous, rathei- low, round-backed, and per[)endicnlar ; the spirals are 

 fine, even, and close threads, which become coarser and more widelj- 

 spaced on the snout. Aperture: — Mouth rathei' wide; varix the same 

 calibre as the ribs ; sinus small and shallow ; within the outer lip are four 

 small denticules, the uppermost largest ; canal short, broad, and re-curved. 

 Length 5 mm., breadth 2 mm. 



Hah. N.S.Wales: — Broughton Island, PortStephens(Museum Exped.) 

 Queensland : — 17 to 20 fathoms, Mast Head Island (self). 



PSEUDORllAPlirTOMA PYRAMIS Hiuds. 



Glavatula pyramiti Hinds, Proc. Zool. vSoc, 1843, p. 42, and Zool. "Sulphur," 

 ii., 1844, p. 20, pi. vi., fig. 19. 



Mangeiia obelisou>i Reeve, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1846, p. 110, and Conch. Icon., 

 iii., 1846, pi. vii., fig. 56. 



Clathurella (Pseudorhaphitoma) obeliscns Boettgei', Nachr. Malak. Gesell., 

 xxvii., 1895, p. 56 (not Pleurotoma oheHscH>< Des Moulins, Linn. Soc. 

 Bordeaux, 1842, p. 70). 



//'///. Queensland: — 4 to 14 fathoms, Albany Passage (self). 



