384 THE MOLLUSCA COLLECTED BY THE " HUXLEY " FROM THE 



FASCIOLARIID^. 



BucciNOFUSis (Conrad). 

 Buccinofusus berniciensis (King). 



Fusus hcrniciensis, King, 1846. In Ann. and Mag. Nat.' Hist, xviii, 

 p. 246. 



Boreofusus berniciensis, G. 0. Sars, 1878. Moll. Eeg. Arct. Norvegise, 

 p. 278. 



Troschelia herniciensis, Friele, 1882. Norske Nord. Exped. i, p. 26- 



NeptiLnia herniciensis, Locard, 1886. Prodr. Conch. Franc, p. 176. 



Dredged at various stations, in deep water, from the North of Spain 

 to Cape Verde, also by Mr. Holt of the Irish Board of Agriculture, in 

 337 fathoms, 48 miles to the N.W. of Tearaght, Co. Kerry, 1904. It 

 has been recorded from several localities in the British area, Norway, 

 Faroe Islands, North Eussia and Davis Straits. 



Station IX. 240 fathoms. One dead, in very poor condition. 



PSEUDOMUEEX, Monterosato. 

 Pseudomurex richardi (P. Fischer). 



Murex richardi, P. Fischer, 1882. In Journ. Conch., xxx, p. 49. 

 Pseudomurex richardi, Monterosato, 1890. Coq. Prof. Palermo, p. 23. 

 Distribution : In deep water from the Bay of Biscay to the west 

 coast of Morocco and in the Mediterranean. 

 Station XIII. 412 fathoms. Two living. 



MURICIDJE. 



Teophon, Montfort. 

 Trophon muricatus (Montagu). 



Murex muricatus, Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit., p. 262, pL ix, fig. 2. 



Fusus echinatus, Philippi, 1836. Enum. Moll. Sicil., I, p. 206, 

 pi. xi, fig. 10. 



Trophon muricatus, Forbes and Hanley, 1853. Hist. Brit. Moll., iii, 

 p. 439, pi. cxi, figs. 3, 4. 



Trophon {Trophonopsis) muricatus, Buquoy and Dautzenberg, 1882. 

 Moll. Ecus., I, p. 39, pi. vi, fig. 7. 



Generally distributed in European seas as far north as Belgium 

 and south to the Mediterranean and ^gean seas. The single specimen 

 found falls in with Locard's remarks as to the small size of the dredged 

 examples, it being only 10 '5 millimetres in height. 



Station V. 109 fathoms. One (young) dead. 

 „ XI. 146 fathoms. One dead. 



