Veueridae. 121 



vtrinque 3 approximafis (lirergoitibns; liffamoifum ejfernum ; sinus imlliaJis hand 

 profundus. 



1. V. verrucosa L. ( T'. Ltmanii Payr.). Testa cordato-rotundata , coii- 

 vexa, uiiicolor, lutescenti-grisea aut rufo niaculata: solida, laniellis concentriois 

 crebris, striis radiantibus praesertim postice verrucosis sculpta : lunula cordata. 

 — Long. circ. 50 nim. (Edulis). 



Dlstrib. : Atlanticum. — Fossilis in stratis tertiariis. 



Habit. : Litora Hispaniae: Algesiras (Hidalgo), Gibraltar (McAxdrew), 

 Malaga, Valencia, Barcelona (Hidalgo); ins. balear. : Palma, Cabo Bajoli, Cala 

 Taulera (Hidalgo) , Palma (Mc Axdrew , Weixkaikf , Fischer) ; Alger ( Wein- 

 kauff) ; litora Galliae (Petit, Dlbreuil), Roussillon (Locaed), la Franqui (Pfi- 

 pratx), Cette (Graxger), Palavas (Dollfus), Aigues-JIortes (Cli^imext), Marseille 

 (Axcey): fort St. Jean , le Pharo , la Joliette, Roucas-BIanc (Mariox), Toulon 

 (Douijlier, Gay), St. Nazaire, Porquerolles. Hyeres (Locard); Xizza (Vi^RAxv); 

 litora pedemontana (Jeffreys) ; Corsica: Ajaccio, Valinco, St. Florent, ubique 

 (Payraudeau , RfiyuiEx) ; Sardinia (v. Martexs) ; Spezia (Tapparoxe-Caxefri) ; 

 Livorno, Elba (Appelius) ; Napoli (Scacchi); Ustica (Calcara) : Sicilia (Philippi, 

 Aradas et Bexoit) ; Pantellaria , Malta (McAxdrew); Taranto (Salis) ; Adria: 

 Venezia (v. Martexs), Trieste (Sars), Pirano (v. Martexs), Zara (Saxdri), Le- 

 sina, Curzola \ Heli-er) , in toto litore frequ. (Brusixa , Stossich) ; Morea (De>- 

 hayes) ; mare Aegeum (Forbes) ; S^Tia (Ehrexherg) ; Aegyptus (Hartmann), 

 Ramleh (Schxeider). 



Nom. vulg. : Mahon: Escupina gravada (Hidalgo), Praire (Weinkauff); 

 Napoli: Taratufolo (0. G. Costa); Messina : Cocciola riccia (Bexoit); Venezia : 

 Caparon, Biberazza de mar (G. v. Martexs). 



m 2. V. multilamella Wkff. (Ciithcrcd multiltnndJa Lam., C. rwiosn Phil., 

 T'. nux [G.M.] HiD., ? V. ci/ijnus Wkff.). Testa ovato-transversa, tumida, cordata, 

 valde inaequilatera , lutescenti-albida , lamellis concentricis subtilibus distantibus 

 regulariter dispositis sculpta : lunula cordata, area elongato-elliptica. — Long. 4.'), 

 crass. 25 mm. 



Habit.: .")4 — 120 org. prof. ; litora Hispaniae: Cabo de Gata (Jeffreys), 

 ^'alencia, Mataro, Barcelona (Hidalgo) ; Alger (Weixkauff, Moxterosato), Ben- 

 zert, Rasel Amush (Jeffreys) ; Marseille : Pe^^ssonel (Marion) ; Napoli (Scacchi) ; 

 Sicilia: prora. S. Vito, Palermo (Moxterosato), Aci-Castello (Philippi), Catania 

 (Abadas et Bexoit); „Adventure Bank" (Jeffreys), Aegyptus (Muller, ex Weix- 

 kauff). — Fossilis in stratis tertiariis. 



3. V. casina L. {V. mncellata Don. , ]'. (tisciiKi Lam. , V. njiexa Mtg., 

 1'. Giraudi Gay). Testa in junioribus obovato-rotundata, compressa, in adultis 

 intlata, subcordata, solida, crassa, aut obsoletissime maculata, lamellis concentricis 

 ad latus posticum majoribus, in junioribus erectis tenuibus, in adultis incrassatis 

 aut reflexis sculpta ; inaequilatera, latere postico longiore, lato ; area indistincta, 

 lunula cordata, in junioribus cordato-oblonga. — Long. ad (i5 mm. 



Distrib. : Atlanticum usque ad Norvegiam. — Fossilis in stratis post- 

 tertiariis. 



Habit.: Gil)raltar (McAxdrew), Cabo de Gata (Jeffreys), Barcelona, 

 Mataro (HiDAL(to); ins. balear. : Iviza, Ciudadela, Cabo Bajoli, Mahon (Hidalgo); 

 Alger (Weixkauff); litora Galliae (Petit, Duiireuil), Cette (Gran(;er), Palavas 

 (Dollfus), Aigues-Mortes (Cl^ment), Marseille : Carry, cap Cavaux, Garlaban, 

 Montredon, Ratonneau, Mejean, cap Sicie (Mariox), Toulon (Douhlier, Gay) ; 

 litora pedemontana (Jeffbeys); Corsica (Ri^^^uiex): Ajaccio, Valinco, Santa-Mauza, 



