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published a very complete monograph.* Of 400 sea-shells 

 recorded in this work, above 200 are peculiar, and most of these 

 belong to a few littoral genera. Only 11 species are common 

 to the coast of Senegal, whilst 18 are found in the Eed Sea ; 15 

 species are said to be found in Europe ; all the others, not pecu- 

 liar, exist on the E. coast of Africa. 



Panopaea natalensis. 

 Solen marginatus. 

 Mactra spengleri. 

 Gastrana ventricosa. 

 Nucula pulchra, Hinda. 

 (L'Agulhas bank, 70 fm.) 

 Pectunculus Belcheri, 120 



fm. 

 Modiola Capensis. 



„ pelagica, Forbes. 

 Septifer Krausai. 



Terebratulina ubyssicola, 



132 fm. 

 Terebratella (Kraussia). 

 „ rubra. 



„ cognata. 



„ pisum. 



„ Desliayesii, 



120 fm. 



Chiton, 16 sp. 

 PateUa, 20 sp. 



„ cochlea. 



„ compressa. 



South African Shells 



Patella apicina. 

 „ longicosta, 

 „ pectinata, &c, 



Siphonaria, 5 sp. 



Pupillia (aperta). 



Fissurella, 10 sp. 



Crepidula, 4 sp. 



Haliotis sanguinea. 



Delphinula granulosa. 

 „ cancellata. 



Trochus, 22 sp. 



Turbo sarmaticus. 



Littorina Africana 7 sp. 



Phasianella, 6 sp. 



Bankivia varians. 



Turritella, 4 sp. 



Pleurotoma, 6 sp. 



Clionello (sinuata). 



Typhis arcuatus. 



Triton dolarius. 



,. fictilis, 50-60 fm. 



Harpa crassa. 



Cominella ligata. 

 „ lagenaria. 

 „ limbosa. 



Cominella tigrina. 

 Bullia leevissima. 



„ achatina. 



„ natalensis. 

 Nassa plicosa. 



„ capensis. 

 Cyclonassa Kraussi. 

 Eburna papillaris. 

 Coliimbella. 5 sp. 

 Ancillaria obtusa. 

 Mitra, 5 sp. 



Imbricaria carbonacea. 

 Voluta armata. 

 „ scapha. 



„ abyssicola, 132 fm. 

 Marginella rosea. 

 Trivia ovulata. 

 Cyprsea, 22 sp. 

 Luponia algoensis. 

 Cj-provulum (capense). 

 Con us, 8 sp. 



Octopus argils. 

 Sepia, 4 sp. 



The following are stated to be common to the Cape and Euro- 

 pean seas.f 



Saxicava (arctica?) Greenland, Medit. 

 Tellina fabula, Brit. Medit. 

 Lucina lactea, Medit. Red Sea. 

 „ fragilis, Medit. 



Chama gryphoides, Medit. Red Sea. 

 Pecten pusio, Brit. 



DiphylUdia (lineata?) N. Brit. Medit. 



Venus verrucosa, W. Indies ? Brit. Senegal, Eulima nitida, Medit. 



Canai-ies, Red Sea, Australia ? Purpura lapillus ?? (not in Medit.) 



Tapes pullastra. North Sea. Nassa marginulata. 



„ geographica, Medit. Octopus vulgaris ? Brit. 



Area lactea, Medit. Argonauta argo, Medit. 



yill. Indo -Pacific Province. 

 This is by far the most extensive area over which similar 

 shell-fish and other marine animals are distributed. It extends 

 from Australia to Japan, and from the Eed Sea and east coast 



* Die Siidafrikanischen MoUusken, 4to. Stutt. 1848. 



t Marks of doubt are added to some of the species, and others are omitted. 



