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paullisper liians aiit oinnino clausa, margine cardinali crasso, fovea liganientari 

 magna, centrali, triangula 



4. L. Loscombii Sow. {Pectm frnffilis Mtg., L. buUafa TrRT., nec Borx, 

 Phil., L. chiiisfi Sandri). Testa oblique ovata, subrhomboidea, sat inflata, infra 

 oblique rotundato-producta, parum expansa, margine antico leviter convexo, postico 

 medio valde arcuato fere angulato, umbonibus sat prominulis, tumidis, auriculis 

 subaequalibus. minimis, subtriangulis; valvae tenues, ante et infra clausae, post 

 supine perpaullum hiantes, radiatim costulatae, costis tenuissimis et parum ele- 

 vatis umbones versus evanidis. — Long. 1 7 mm (Sars). 



Distrib. : Atlanticum usque ad Norvegiam borealem. — Fossilis in stratis 

 tertiariis. 



Habit.: 5 — 205 org. prof. ; Gibraltar (MacAndrew), Mataro (Hidalgo); 

 Conejera (Mac Andrew); ?Alger (MacAndrew); litora Galliae (Dubreuil), Mar- 

 seille: Ratonneau, Cap Cavaux, Maire (Makion), Toulon, S. Raphael (Doublier); 

 Corsica (Payraudeau); Sicilia (Philippi), prom. S. Vito, Palermo (Monterosato); 

 Tunis (MacAndrew), 20 — 40 org.; Adria: rariss. Unie, Sebenico (Stossich), 

 „non molto rara a Zara, Sebenico e Capocesto" (Brusina); mare Aegeum (Forbes). 



5. L. subauriculata Chemn. (Pccfcn sitbauriculatns Mtg. , L. sulcata 

 Brown, Z. sutculus Lov., /.. nirea Phil., nec Brocchi, Z. chiuiafa Forb., L. uni- 

 eoslafa Leach). Testa minuta, alba, valde convexa, anguste elliptica, aequilatera, 

 marginibus utrinque parum arcuatis, subparallelis, umbonibus prominulis; valvae 

 tenues, semipellucidae, undique clausae, radiatim costatae, costis 24 — 30 sat dis- 

 tinctis, media ceteris majore et intus bene conspicua. — Long. 5 — mm. 



D i s t r i b. : Atlanticum. 



Habit. : Gibraltar (MacAndrew), Mataro (Hidalgo) ; Conejera (Mac 

 Andrew); Marseille, Peyssonel, La Cassidagne (Marion); ins. Aeolicae (Calcara); 

 Sicilia (Philippi) , Palermo , prom. S. Vito (Monterosato , Aradas) , Trapanl 

 (Aradas et Benoit) ; Malta (MacAndrew); in salo ante „Rinaldo's Chair" 

 (Jeffreys); Adria: Lissa, Eagusa, Lagosta (Heller), Sebenico (Stossich), Zara 

 (Sandri); mare Aegeum (Jeffreys), Cerigo, Naxia, Serpho-Pulo, saxum nAnanas", 

 Amorgo, Milo (Forbes). 



6. L. subovata Jeffreys. Testa subovata, medio convexa, utrinque com- 

 pressa, tenuis, semipellucida, nitens, haud hians, liris radiantibus hliformibus sub- 

 tilissimis circ. 50, duabus medianis duplicibus majoribus, sculpta, concentrice 

 subtilissime striata, alba; umbonibus magnis, prominulis, auriculis triangulis dis- 

 tinctis, fere rectangulis. — Long. 5 mm. 



Distrib. : Atlanticum. — Fossilis in stratis pliocenis Siciliae. 



Habit. : 50 — 1450 org., Palermo (Monterosato). 



»1 7. L. crassa Forbes. Testa aequilatera, ovata, alba, crassa, sub- 

 depressa, clausa, longitudinaliter costata, costis crenulatis, auriculis aequalibus, 

 iimbonibus prominentibus. — Long. 8 mm. (An eadem species ac praecedens V) 



H a b i t. : Marseille, La Cassidagne, Peyssonel, Cap Sicie (Marion) ; Sicilia : 

 prom. S. Vito, Palermo, Sciacca, abund. (Monterosato); mare Aegeum: Cerigo, 

 Serpho-Pulo, Milo, Amorgo (Forbes). 



8. L. elliptica Jefpbeys {L. subauricufafa Fobb. et Hley, Z. nivea 

 [Brocchi?] Monter., Loc, L. cuueata Forb.). Testa alba, maxime inflata, ob- 

 longa aut elliptica, fere aequilatera, umbonibus gibl)osis et valde prominentibus 

 area ligamentali profunde sejunctis, auriculis subaequalibus trigonis; valvae tenues 

 imdique clausae, radiatim tenuiter costatae, costis pauUo elevatis, una submediana 



