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A CATALOGUE ^eaur|^ 



RECENT SPECIES OF THE GENUS 

 CANCELLARIA, 



BY 



G. B. SOWERBY. 



1 Canc. reticulata Lam. Enycl. meth t. 375 f. 3. Antigua. 



2 Canc. Candida nobis, Conch. Illustr. f. 1. Shell ovate ob- 



long, with an acuminated apex, white ; volutions seven, 

 entirely covered with decussating ribs ; aperture oblong, 

 canal distinct, folds on the columella two, of which the 

 upper is much the larger ; edge of the outer lip sharp, 

 inside with distant rib-like teeth; length 1-2, breadth 

 07, Polynesia, Mr, S. Stuchbury. 



3 Canc. ovata nobis. Conch. Illustr. f. 2. Z. P. 1832 p. 53. 



Dredged in sand at from eight to ten fathoms at St. 

 Elena, Western Columbia, Mr. Cuming. 



4 Canc. obesa nobis, Conch. Illustr. f. 3 jun. f. 4. adult 



Z. P. 1832, p. 52. From Puerto Portreroand the Gulf 

 of Dulce in central America : dredged at the latter 

 place from a depth of 15 fathoms, Mr. Cuming. 



5 Canc. acuminata nobis. Conch. Illustr. f. 5. Z. P. 1832 



p. 53. Dredged in sandy mud at a depth of twelve 

 fathoms at Guacomayo in central America, Mr. Cuming. 



S Canc. solida nobis. Conch. Illustr. f. 6. Z. P. 1832 p. 50. 

 Found at Real Llejos and St. Elena, by dredging in a 

 sandy bottom at from eight to tenfathoms, Mr. Cuming. 



1 Canc. gemmulata, nobis. Conch. Illustr. f. 7. Z. P. 1832 

 p. 55. Dredged from a sandy muddy bottom in the Gulf 

 of Nocoiyo, in central America, Mr. Cuming. 



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