STOMATIA. 33 



8. angulata A. Ad., P. Z. S. 1850, p. 34; Thes. Conch, ii, p. 

 842, t. 175, f. 57.— Sowb., Conch. Icon., f. 10. 



A small species, intermediate in characters between S. duplieata 

 and S. rubra. 



S. rubra Lamarck. PL 54, figs. 31, 32, 33 ; pi. 51, figs. 26, 27, 28. 



Shell depressed, with small, conical spire ; rather thin ; reddish 

 brown, lighter beneath, or variously variegated. Surface covered 

 with close fine hair-like spiral strise, and with two low keels above 

 the periphery, the upper one nodose ; there is a series of short folds 

 below the suture. Whorls of spire with a beaded carina ; last whorl 

 wide, depressed, flattened above, convex below, and impressed at the 

 axis; aperture large, rounded, very oblique, iridescent within. 



Alt. 11, diam. 15j mill.; aperture, oblique alt. 9], breadth 10 

 mill. 



Philippines ; Strait of Corea. 



S. rubra Lam., An. s. Vert. (ed. Desh.) ix, p. 16. — Encycl. Meth., 

 450, f. 3.— Adams in Thes. Conch, ii, p. 842, t. 175, f. 53-56.— 

 Sowb., Conch. Icon., f. 8. — Dunker, Ind. Moll. Jap., p. 146, t. 6, f. 

 11-13. 



Differs from all the preceding in the more depressed body-whorl, 

 which is much like some species of Stomatella of the group of & 

 mariei. The surface has very fine regular hair-like spiral striae 

 above. The following species seem to be very closely allied. 



S. lirata A. Adams. PL 54, figs. 23, 24. 



Shell orbiculate-con vex, provided with transverse subequal elevated, 

 slightly nodulose lirae, the interstices strongly longitudinally striate ; 

 subplicate at the sutures ; pale, radiately marbled with brown • 

 spire rather prominent ; whorls rounded ; aperture oblique, oblono-- 

 oval ; lip convex, rotund. (Ad.) 



Habitat unknown. 



S: lirata Ad., P. Z. S. 1850, p. 35 ; Thes. Conch, ii, p. 842, t. 175, 

 f. 58, 59. — Sowb., Conch. Icon., f. 9. 



S. decorata A. Adams. PL 54, fig. 7. 



Shell Haliotis-shaped, orbiculate-depressed, covered-umbilicate ; 

 whorls of the spire bicarinate, transversely sulcate and striate 

 obliquely plicate at the sutures, the last whorl unicarinate ; aper- 

 ture white inside, opaque, pearly ; color brownish-buff, dotted and 

 spotted with red. 

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