C6 CATALOGUE OF MABIISTE SHELLS OF 



Tryon, Manual o£ Coiichology, Yol. II, p. 85, pi. 40, fig. 511, 1880, 1882 ; 

 Poirier, Eevision des Murex du Museum, Nouvelles Archives dii 

 Museum D'Histoire IS'aturelle, Deuxieme Serie, Tome A", p. 92, No. 1G2, 

 1882 ; Eednall, Transactions and Proceedings and Eeport of the Eoyal 

 Society o£ South Australia, Yol. YIII, p. G3, 1885 (18S6)s Watson, 

 Eeport on the Gasteropoda, Yoyage of H.M.8. '• Challenger," Zoology, 

 Yol. XY, p. 150, 1886. 



Murex iriformis, Sowerby, Thes. Conch., Yol. lY, p. 21, pi. 2, Murex, fig. 

 92, pi. 13, fig. 126, 1879. 



Habitat. — Port Lincoln, Spencer's Gulf, South Australia (A.M.), on 

 oyster-banks, from 2 to 10 fathoms. (G. F. Angas.) Olf East Moncoeur 

 Island, Bass Strait, 38 fathoms, sand and shells. (II. M.S. " Challenger.") 

 Tasmania. 



Murex acanthopterus, Lamarck. 



Murex acanthopterus, Schroter, Einleituugin die Conchylien-Kenntniss, Yol. 



I, pi. 3, fig. 8, 1783 ; Lamarck, Anim. sans A^ert., Yol. YII, p. 165 

 (edit. Deshayes), Yol. IX, p. 577 ; Sowerby, Conchological Illustrations, 

 species 59, fig. 85, 1810; Kiener, Iconographie Coquilles Yivantes, 

 p. 105, pi. 38, fig. 2, 1812 ; Eeeve, Conch. Icon., Yol. Ill, pi. 16, fig. 61, 

 1815 ; Wood, Index Testaceologicus (edit. Hanley), p. 132, pi. 27, fig. 

 91, 1856; Kuster, Conch. Cab., 2nd edition, p. 98, pi. 31, fig. 2. 

 Sowerby, Thes. Conch., Yol. lY, p. 21, pi. 10, Murex, fig. 90, pi. 13, 

 fig. 127, 1879. 



Murex {Pteronotus) acanthopterus, Angas, Port Jackson Mollusea, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc, London, p. 186, 1867; Kobelt, Jahrb. d. deutsch. malak. 

 Gesellsch., p. 238, No, 111, 1877 ; Tryon, Manual of Conchology, Yol. 



II, p. 85, pi. 40, fig. 512, 1880 ; Dunker, Index Molluscorum, Maris 

 .Taponici, p. 5, 1880 ; Poirier, Eevision des Murex du Museum, Nouvelles 

 Archives du Museum, D'Histoire Naturelle, Deuxieme Serie, Tome Y, 

 p. 91, No. 161, 1882 ; Watson, Eeport on the Gasteropoda, Yoyage of 

 H.M.S. " Challenger," Zoology, Yol. XY, p. 155, 1886. 



Murex (Alipurpicra) acanthopterus, Bayle, 1881, in Fischer, Manuel de 

 Conchyliologie, Fascicule YII, p. 611, 1884. 



Hahitat. — Watsons's Bay, Middle Harbour, Bottle and Glass Eocks, 

 Port Jackson ; Port Stephens, New South Wales, under stones low water 

 spring tides. (J. Brazier.) Near Cape York, Queensland, 6 fathoms. 

 Coral mud. (H.M.S. "Challenger.") Broken Bay. (A.M.) Japan? (Dr. 

 G. Dunker.) 



