PLEUROTOMA. 



Plate XXVII. 



(Figures magnified.) 



Species 236. (Mus. Belcher.) 



LEUROTOMA DENTIFERA. Pleur. testa elongatd, acumi- 

 nata, anfractibus quints, costulatis, lineis transversis de- 

 cussatis; costulis mmerosis, parvis, angustis, suturam 

 incurrentibus ; labra crenulato, inferne dilatatoet den- 



tifero, columella inferni dente parco mwnitd; cauali 

 breviuscido. 



HE dentiferous Pleurotoma. Shell elongated, acumi- 

 nated, whorls five in number, ribbed, crossed with 

 transverse lines ; ribs numerous, small, narrow, run- 

 ning into the suture; lip creuulated, dilated and 

 toothed at the lower part, columella furnished with a 

 tooth at the lower part ; canal rather short. 

 Clavatida dentifera, Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, p. 23. 

 pi. 7. f. 14. 



r ab. North Coast of Guinea ; Straits of Malacca (found 

 in mud at a depth of from five to seventeen fathoms) ; 

 Hinds. 



The peculiarity of this shell consists in its being finely 

 othed at the base of the lip and columella after the man- 

 :r of a Riciuula. 



Species 237. (Mus. Belcher.) 



LEUROTOMA fulva. Pleur. testa oeatd, acuminata, fulvd, 

 anfractibus senis, granulosis, tuberculato-costatis, in/erne 

 angulatis; suturd lined granulosa instructd ; aperturd 

 pared; canali brevi, effuso. 



he fulvous Pleurotoma. Shell ovate, acuminated, 

 fulvous, whorls six in number, granulous, tubercular! v 

 ribbed, angulated at the upper part ; suture furnished 

 with a grarudous line ; aperture small ; canal short, 

 effused. 



Clavatida fulva, Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, p. 23. 

 - pi. 7. f. 13. 



T ab. Straits of Macassar (from among coarse sand at the 

 depth of ten fathoms); Hinds. 



Distinguished by a granulous line round the suture and 

 ;her peculiarities. 



Species 238. (Mus. Belcher.) 

 LEUROTOMA METULA. Pleur. testa ovald, acuminata, an- 



frarlii/'s quinis planttlalis, obsolete costulatis, trans 

 versim stria/ is; pallida rufo-fasciatd ; sat era lined 

 elevatd instructd; aperturd lineari ; labro subinflexo ; 

 canali brevissimo. 



The little mark Pleurotoma. Shell ovate, acumi- 

 nated, whorls five in number, flattened, obsoletely 

 ribbed, transversely striated ; banded with pale red ; 

 suture furnished with a raised line ; aperture linear ; 

 lip a little inflected ; canal very short. 

 Clavatida metula, Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, p. 23. 

 pi. 7. f. 12. 



Hab. ? 



Mr. Hinds appears to have possessed no record of the 

 locality of this minute species. 



Species 239. (Mus. nob.) 



Pleurotoma luteo-fasciata. Pleur. testa subovato-ob- 

 longd, anfractibus prope suturam impressis, longitudi- 

 naliter fortiter costatis, costis crebris, obtusis ; camli 

 brevissimo; alid,fasciis luteis pulcherrime ornatd 



The yellow-banded Pleurotoma. Shell ovatcly ob- 

 long, whorls impressed near the suture, longitu- 

 dinally strongly ribbed, ribs close-set, obtuse ; canal 

 very short ; white, prettily ornamented with yellow 

 bands. 



Peeve, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1845. 



Hab. ? 



A neatly painted shell strongly ribbed throughout. 



Species 210. (Mus. Belcher.) 

 Pleurotoma glumacea. Pleur. testa elongatd, pallida, 



udiild, anfractibus sinus costulatis, trausrersim striatis; 



costulis brevibus, rotundatis, suturam simplicem incur- 

 rentibus ; aperturd oblongd, fused-, canali brevi usculo. 

 The husk Pleurotoma. Shell elongated, pale, shining, 

 whorls six in number, ribbed, transversely striated ; 

 ribs short, rounded, running into a simple suture ; 

 aperture oblong, brown ; canal rather short. 

 Clavatula glumacea, Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, p, i\. 

 pi. 7. f. 13. 



No\ ember L845. 



