50 CATALOGUE OF MAKINE SHELLS OF 



Murex Coppingeri, E. A. Smith. 



Miirex Coppinjeri, E. A. Smith, Voyage of IT. M.S. "Alert," Collections, 

 p. 42, pi. 5, fig. A, 18SI. 



Habitat. — Dundas Si raits, Melville Island, North Coast o£ Australia, 17 

 fathoms. (Dr. Coppinger.) Port Darwin Beach. (W. T. Bednall, 1875.) 



Murex acanthostephes, AVatson. 



Murex {Tribulus) acantlwsteplies., Watson, Prelim. Eeport, Part XV, Journal 

 Linuean Society, Zool., London, Vol. XVI, p. 593. Watson, Eeport on 

 the Gasteropoda, A^oyage of II. M.S. " Challenger," Zoology, Vol. XA', 

 p. 119, pi. 10, fig. 2, 1S8G. 



Murex acanthostephes, E. A. Smith, Voyage of II.M.S. " Alert," Collectior.s, 

 p. 43, pi. 5, fig. B, 1881. 



7/rt5/7«/.— Ar.ifura Sea, North West Cost of Australia, 32 to 3G fi^thoms, 

 bottom mud, sand, and shells. (Dr. E. W. Coppinger.) AVest of Cape Vork, 

 off South AVest point of New C4uinea, 28 fathoms. (II.M.S. " Challenger.") 



Murex eximius, Brazier. 



Murex eximius. Brazier, " Chevert" Expedition Shells, Proc. Xinn. Soc, 

 New South AVales, A^ol. I, p. 170, No. 3, 1875, 1877. Tryon, IManual 

 of Conchology, A^ol. II, p. 80, ISSO. 



Habitat. — Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 30 fathoms, brought up on the 

 tangles, bottom sand. (J. Brazier.) 



IIAUSTELLVM, Klein, 1753; BRONTES, Montfort, ISIO; 

 HAUSTELLABIA, Swainson, 1840. 



Murex haustellum, Linne. 



Murex haustellum, Linne, Syst. Nat., edition XII, p. 1213, No. 518, 170G. 

 Gmelin, Syst. Nat., A^ol. I, Part A^I, p. 3524, No. 1, 1790. 



Haustellum fimbriatenodosum , Martini, Conch. Cab., A'ol. Ill, p. 37G, pi. 115, 

 fig. 10G6, 1777. 



Aranea denudata, Perry, Conchology, pi. 45, fig. 1, 1811. 



Haustellum Iceve, Schumacher, Nouv. Syst., p. 213, 1817. 



Murex haustellum, Lamarck, Anim. sans A'ert., Vol. Ill, p. 159, No. 8, 1822 ; 

 2nd edition. Vol. IX, p. 5G8. Kiener, Iconographie Coquilles A'ivantes, 

 p. 10, pi. 13, fig. 1, 1812 ; Eeeve, Conch. Icon., A'ol. Ill, pi. 23, fig. 95, 

 1845; Kuster, Conch. Cab., 2nd edition, p. 35, pi. 14, fig. 3. Ilanley, 

 Ipsa Linna^i Conchylia, p. 279, 1855. 



