Fissurellidae. — Tuibiiiidac. 243 



pkta Mtks., Trkolla Hoberti Mtrs., var. Hoberti Brus.). Testa subg-lobosa, solitla, 

 laevis, niteiis, spira brevi conica, colore vario, plerumque in fundo albo rufo punc- 

 tata, niaculata aut fasciata ; anfractus 4 convexi, sutura pauUo profunda discreti, 

 ultinuis niaj;nus, ventricosus; apertura ovalis, (•oluinella arcuata, labro siniplici 

 acuto. — Alt. 9, diam. ') mm. — Varietates a M(ixtkk()sat() ex colore distinctae: 

 tricolor. lineata, nnifasciata, zig-zag, bicolor, ttammnlata, rosea, albina. 



Distrib.: Atlanticum; Pontus. — Fossilis in stratis tertiariis. 



Habit. : Zona Laminariarum; litora Hispaniae: Gibraltar, Malaga, Car- 

 tag-ena (McAxDREw), Mataro (Hidal(;()); ins. balear. : Mahon (Mc Axdkew), Alger 

 (Weinkalfk, Buc(iUoy, Dautzenberg et Dollfus); litora Galliae: Roussillon, 

 Port-Vendres etc. frequ. (Buc(iuoY, Dtzbg., Dfs.), la Nouvelle (Locard), Palavas 

 (DoLLFUs), Cette (CliSment), in litore a Cette ad Aigues-Mortes (Dubreuil), les 

 Martigues (Locard), le Pharo, la Corbiere, Eoucas-Blanc (Marion), St. Raphael, 

 §t. Tropez (Doublier), St. Nazaire, Toulon, cap Sicie, la Seyne (Locard) ; Cannes 

 (Dautzexkerg) ; Mentone (Locakd), Nizza (Risso), Genova (VfiRAxv), Corsica 

 (Payraudeau, RficiUiEx); Sardinia: Bonifacio (Rolle) ; litora pedemontana, Spezia 

 (Jeffreys, Tapparone-Canefri) ; Livorno, Castiglioncello , ins. Elba, del Giglio 

 (Appelius); Napoli (Scacchi, Costa); Sicilia (Philippi, Aradas et Benoit); Malta 

 (McAndrew); litora Tunetana (Weixkauff, Monterosato), Gabes (var. tricolor, 

 Buc(^uoy, var. zig-.zag, rosea, albina , Moxterosato) ; Taranto (Salis); Adria : 

 Venezia (G. v. Martens, Weinkauff), Trieste, Cherso, Neresine (Grube), Lissa 

 (Heller), 60 — 7G m Valle Kublin ins. Pazman, Scoglio Eufemio ins. Bua, Valle 

 Dumboka ins. Morter, Punta dura, Rovigno (Wimmer), litora Dalmatiae (Sandri, 

 Brusina); Morea (Deshayes); mare Aegeum: Naxia (Forbes) ; Syria (Ehren- 

 berg); Aegyptus (Savigny). 



2. Ph. speciosa Phil. {Turbo spcciosus Mgle. v. M. , P. Vieuxi Payk., 

 Tricolia nicaeensis, rubra Risso, TricolieUa speciosa Mtrs. , Ph. Ferussaci Gui:R., 

 Ph. cxigua Brus.). Testa oblonga, conica, laevigata, polita, apice acutiusculo, 

 rubescens, lineis flammulisve albis flexuosis et puncticulis albis aut rubris picta; 

 iinfractus 5 convexi, ultimus inflatus, spiram superans ; apertura ovalis, paullo 

 obliqua, columella arcuata, labro simplici . acuto, basi eifuso. — Alt. 13, diain. 

 Q mm. — MoxTERosATo varietates ex colore et forma distinguit: major, minor, 

 Jactea, ririclis, atra, aiirea, inarniorata, maculata, spirolineafa. 



Distrib. : Pontus. — Fossilis in stratis pliocenicis. 



Habit.: Litora Hispaniae: Mataro (Hidalgo); ins balear. : Malion (Mc 

 Andrew); litora Galliae: Roussillon, Port-Vendres , Banyuls (Buc^^uoy, Dtzbg., 

 Dfs.), Agde (Petit), Cette (Graxger) , les Martigues (Locard), Marseille: les 

 CataLans, la Corbiere, Roucas-Blanc (Mark^n), Toulon, St. Raphael, St. Tropez 

 (Doublier), Cannes (Dautzexherg); Mentone (Locard), Nizza (Risso, Verany), 

 Oenova (VftRANv), litora pedemontana (Jeffreys); Corsica (Payraudeau, Rfi(iuiEN); 

 Sardinia : Bonifacio (Mc Andrew, Rolle) ; Spezia (Tapparone-Canefri) ; Livorno, 

 mare Ligustinum (Appelius); Napoli (Scacchi); Sicilia (Philippi, Aradas et 

 Benoit); Malta (]\[c Andrew) ; litora Tunetana (]\Iontekosato): Adria: Trieste 

 (Stossich), Curzola, Lissa, Lesina, Ragusa (Heller), Rovigno, 2 — 4 m (Wimmer), 

 Puntamica, Melada, Ulbo, Zara (Brusina) ; Morea (Deshayes); mare Aegeum 



(FoRBESy 



3. Ph. tenuis Michaud {Ph. intermedia Scacchi, VP/<. punctata Risso). 

 Testa oblongo-conica, laevis, nitida, apice acutiuscula, fusca, rubro alboque varia, 

 saepius maculis albis rhomboideis per series spirales digestis ornata: anfractus 

 quam in Ph. speciosa minus convexi; apertura ovata, spiram non aequans. — 



