L I T T K, I N A. 



Plate XIV. 



Species 70. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 LiTTOKiNA DEBiLis. Litt. testd subpyramidali-conoiM, 

 solidiumild, anfractibus plano-convexU, infern^ ab- 

 rupte angnlatk, laviffata, nitenie, tenumini^ Uneari- 

 sulcatd; ceerulescente-albd, lineis carneia muMatis 

 paUidissmis longUudinaliter pictd ; aperturd parvms- 

 culd, columella callosd, violaceo-fmcescertfe. 



The faint Littobina. SheU somewhat pyramidally 

 conoid, ratber solid, whorls flatly convex, abruptly 

 angled at the lower part ; smooth, shining, very finely 

 linearly gi-ooved ; bluish-white, painted longitudinally 

 with faint zigzag flesh-Unes ; aperture rather smaU, 

 columella callous, violet-brown. 



Philippi, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1845, p. 140. 



Hab. ? 



A solid subpyramidal shell, of a smooth, bluish aspect, 



marked with faint zigzag flesh-lines. 



the upper part, slanting, then stout, solid ; whitish, 



banded with a livid-red; aperture small, columella 



somewhat callous, red. 

 Turbo Neriloides, Linnffius, Syst. Nat. p. 1232. 



Eelix petraa, Montagu. 



Turbo petr tens, Maton and Rackett. 



Turbo ccerulesceim, Lamarck. 



Littorina Basieroti, Payraudeau. 



Rissoa elegans, Kisso. 



Paludina glabrata, Ziegler. 



Liltorina cesrulea, Costa. 



Littorina petraa, Gray. 



Littorina Neritoides, Philippi. 

 Hab. Mediterranean and other seas of Europe. 

 To Dr. Philippi is due the merit of having rcc 

 this species the true Linn^an Turbo Neritoides. 



Species 71. (Pig- a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Littorina balteata. Litt. testa gioboso-turbinaid, spird 

 brevi, ttcutd, anfractibus superne declivibus, deinde 

 ventricosis, spiraliter fortiter earinatis, carinis subdis-^ 

 tantibus obsolete granosis ; livido-plmnbed ; aperturd 

 parvd, columelld late excavatd et dilatatd. 

 The belted Littorina. Shell globosely turbinated, 

 spire short, sharp, whorls slanting round the upper 

 part, then ventrieose, spirally strongly keeled, keels 

 rather distant, obsoletely grained; livid lead-colour; 

 aperture smaU, columella broadly excavated and di- 

 lated. 

 Eah. China; Fortune. 



Allied in form to L. brevicula, but of thinner substance, 

 with the ribs sharper and more distant. 



Species 72. (Mus. Ciuning.) 



Littorina Neritoides. Litt. testa ovato-conoided, spird 

 breviicsculd, anfractibits lavibus, superne subimpressis, 

 declivibus, deinde obesis, solidis ; albidd, Uvido-ru/es- 

 cente fasciatd; aperturd parvd, columella subcallosd, 

 rufd. 



The Neritoid Littorina. Shell ovately conoid, spire 

 rather short, whorls smooth, slightly impressed round 



Fig. 73. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 This sheU, L. Canariensis of D'Orbigny, is identi 

 vitli L. striata, King. 



Species 74- (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Littorina NoviE-ZELANDi.E. Litt. testa subgloboso- 

 iurbinatd, spird breviuseuld, acutissimd, anfractibus ro- 

 tundatis, spiraliter irregulariter Uneari-sulcatis ; opa- 

 co-albd, obscure palMissime rufo-famviulaid ; aper- 

 turd subcirculariyfauce castaneo-fuscd, columelld latis- 

 sime excavatd, livido-castaned. 

 The New Zealand Littorina. Shell somewhat glo- 

 bosely turbinated, spire rather short, very sharp, 

 whorls rounded, spirally irregularly linearly grooved; 

 opake-white, obscurely very faintly red-flamed ; aper- 

 ture nearly rounded, chestnut-brown in tlie interior, 

 columella very broadly excavated, Uvid-clifistnut. 

 HaL New Zealand. 



Curiously resembling L. Jfricana in colour and mark- 

 in'', but of lighter and rounder form. 



Species 75. (Fig. a, b, ilus. Cuming.) 

 Littorina Knysnaensis. Litt. testa subgloboso-turbi- 

 natd, temiiculd, venlricosu, anfractibus declivi-convexis, 

 dense spiraliter elevato-striatis ; aM,ferrugineo-fusco 



1857. 



