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14. Fam. GALEOMMIDAE Gray. Animal ovatuiii, pallium crassum, partim 

 supra testam reflexum , oriliciis tril)us , uno antico , rima pedali et siplione anali 

 brevi ; pes sulcatus bj^ssifer ; palpi subtrigoni ; testa partim inclusa aeciuivalvis, 

 tenuis, liians ; cardo dentibus rudimentariis, cartilagine in fovea mediana inserta. 



Galeomma Tirt. PaUium nuujua cx partc clausum, lobos duos formans, 

 extermim supcr fcsfam rejiexum, intcrnum fimhriaium occUis munifum; sipho unicus, 

 anaJis; fubus antcrior, bwcalis; pcs nuuinus, ficxilis, bi/ssifcr ; palpi subfrifioni ; bran- 

 chiae vix iiuicqualcs, jjosficc unifae; fcsfa partim infcrna, otAonna, acquimlris, sut)- 

 acquitatcra, fenuis, margine vcntrati liianfe, reficutafa aut radiafa; umbones vix pro- 

 mincntcs; cardo fcre rcctus cdentuliis; tit/amcntum internum. 



1. G. Turtoni Sow. {Farthenope formosa Scacchi , Hiafetla Polii Costa, 

 '? Tcltina apcrfa Rex. ; incl. G. pUcum Brus.). Testa obliqua, utrinque compressa, 

 costis radiantibus inaequalibus saepe bifurcatis lineisque concentricis sub lente 

 reticulata, intersectionibus nodulosa, nivea; margo anterior oblique truncatus, cunei- 

 formis, ventralis late hians, posterior leviter elongatus, distincte truncatus; um- 

 bones leviter prominuli, ante medium siti ; cartilago ovata, luteo-fusca, pone um- 

 bones sita. — Long. 8, alt. 4 mm. 



D i s t r i b. : Atlanticum europaeuni. 



Habit. : Mataru, Barcelona (Hidalgo) ; ins. balear. : Mallorca, Calafiguera, 

 Porto Pi, Menorca (Hidalgo) ; Alger (Deshayes) ; litora Galliae (Petit), Palavas 

 (DoLLFUs), Marseille (Ancey), fort St. Jean (Marion), Toulon (Petit, Doublier), 

 Antibes , ins. Hyeres (Dubreuil) ; litora pedemontana (Jeffreys) ; Corsica (Ri5- 

 tiUiEN) ; Livorno (Appelius) ; Civitavecchia (Munterosato) ; Napoli (Scacchi) ; 

 Sicilia (Philippi, Aradas et Benoit), iiiter Syracusam et Cataniam (S[cAndrew); 

 Adria: Venezia (Nardo), Cherso (Grube), Zara (Sandri), Rovigno, Lussin, Mar- 

 tinschiza (Stossich, Brusina). 



Scintilla Desh. Patlium loho snpra tcstam reftexo; pes longus, prohoscidi- 

 formis, sutco hyssifcro; festa partim interna, transversc ovata, leviter hians, subaequi- 

 latcra; umbones pcrparvi ; cardo fere rcctus, angustus, medio haud incisus, dentihus 

 duobus divcrgcntihus ; ligamentum internum. 



m 1. Sc. rotunda Jeffr. {Vasconia rofurula Monter.). Testa orbiculari- 

 trigona , fere plana , solida , opaca , nitens , lactea , lineis incrementi concentricis 

 paucis , punctulis impressis irregulariter sculpta , marginibus rotundatis , dorsali 

 autico leviter declivi; umbones minuti calycifornies ; fovea cartilaginis angusta, 

 obliqua; cardo (valvae unicae descriptae) dente primario minuto lateralibusque 

 costiformibus, antico multo majore. — Diam. 2 mra. 



Habit. : Palermo, 90 — 130 m (Monterosato). 



Sportella Desh. Testa oblonga, transversa, depressa, subaequilafera, ctausa, 

 lacvis, fragilis; cardo denfihus utrinque binis primariis, fovca cartdaginis pcrottliqua, 

 submarginfdi, interna ; ligamcntum externum; linca pallialis intcgra; margo intcrnus 

 1'dvarum tacvi-;. 



1. Sp. recondita Fischer {Sp. abscondita Monter.). Testa subdepressa, 

 ovato-transversa, alba, pellucida, tenuis, striis incrementi subtilibus lineisque ra- 

 diatis divergentibus aut furcatis et punctatis, apice canaliculato. margine antico 

 rotundato, ventrali rectilineo, postico arcuato; cardo in valva dextra dente singulo 

 oblique anti-orsum directo, foveaque ligamentari divergente parva oldiqua, in valva 

 sinistra dentil)us duobus primariis divergentibus foveaque ligamentari postica 

 angusta obliqua. — Long. 9 mm, alt. 5 mm. 



D i s t r i b. : Sinus biscayensis. — Fossilis in stratis tertiariis Siciliae. 



Habit. : Palermo, 90 — 160 m prof. (Moxterosato), Catania (Benoit). 



