P^uliiuidae. — Seulariidac. 1^91 



uvata, supra acnminata, infra rotundata , labro flexuoso niarftine tenui, supra 



recedente, infra prominente, labio reflexo, in partem inferiorem columellae torto. 



— Long\ 9. lat. 2,25 mm. — (Oculi nulli, rostruni semilunare, bilohum.) 



Distrib.: To — itOorg. : Atlanticum usque ad Norvegiam. — Fossilis tertiariaV 

 Habit.: Alger, 1456 org'. (Jeffkeys); Marseille (Peyssonel): Sicilia : inter 



Panormum et Usticam. oUO m, Palermo, 210 m (Monterosato) ; Malta (Si'katt, 



Jeffreys). 



2. Tribus. Ptenoglossa Gray. 



11. Fam. SCALARIIDAE Fisch. {Scalidac et Aclidac Ads.). Rostrum re- 

 tractile; pes ante truncatus, caput multo excedens; tentacula elongata; branchia 

 singula; mandibulae ovatae aut semicirculares, margine spinuloso aut denticulato; 

 radula seriebus denticuloium unciformium aut aciculatorum ; testa turriculata, 

 elongata, perforata, umbilico saepe operto et clauso; anfractus numerosi, convexi: 

 apertura integra, circularis aut ovata; operculum corneum, spirale. 



Scalaria Lam. (Scala Klein, Ci/clostoma Lam. olim). Capid hrere, icnia- 

 cula snhidaia ; octdi ad eorum hasin cjternam ; j^cs post JanceoJaius. anie sidco mar- 

 (fimdi praediius, solea post stdco hngitudincdi ; penis iongus, curvaius; xjaUiiim ijlica 

 ^iphomdi rudimcniari ; dentes radnlae nncinati; tcsta turricidata, nitens, solicla, plus 

 mimisve umbilicaia, apice leviter Jiexo, anfracius nnmerosi, convexi, continui aut partim 

 cvoluti, cosiis aui laminis longiiudinalihus ornaii; aperiura circularis; pcristoma iniegrum. 

 crassnnu retlexmn. 



Subg. Clathrus Okex. Testa turriculata, crassa, solida, anfractibus junctis, 

 varicibus numerosis longitudinalibus crassis, apertura ovata, ante effusa, umbilicus 

 opertus, non pervius. 



1. Sc. communis Lam. [Turho cJaihrus L. p., Sc. obsiia Loc, Sc lacvigaia 

 Calc.i. Testa elongato-pyramidata, solida, opaca, albida aut fusca, saepe fasciis 

 diecurrentibus ornata; anfractus 10 convexi, costis regularibns leviter arcuatis 

 elevatis. series obliquas formantibus armati. interstitiis laevibus; sutura profun- 

 dissima; apertura rotundata, supra vix angulata, peristomate continuo, labro 

 varice incrassato; operculum corneum, paucispirum. nucleo subcentrali. — Long. 

 30—40 mm. 



D i s t r i b. : Atlanticum. — Fossilis tertiaria. 



Habit. : Litora Hispaniae: Algesiras (Jeffreys), Gibraltar, Malaga, Ali- 

 cante, Barcelona (Mc Andkew), Mataro (Hidalgo); ins. balear. : Mahou (Mc Axdreav, 

 HiDALGo), Menorca (Hidalgo); iVIger, Bona (Weinkauff, Joly); litora Galliae: 

 Roussillon: Paulilles, Port-Vendres etc. (BucciUOY, Dtzbg., Dfs.), LAude (PKrRATx), 

 rHerault (Granger, Dubreuil, Dollfus), le Gard (Clement), Marseille (Marion), 

 le Var (Doublier); Nizza (Risso, Verany), litora pedemontana (Jeffreysj; Genova 

 (V^rany); Corsica (Payraudeau, RiSquien); Sardinia (McAndrew), Bonifacio 

 (Rolle); Spezia (Tapparone-Canefri), Pezzino, Marola, is. Palmaria (Capellini); 

 Livorno, Castiglioncello, is. d"Elba, Giglio (Appelius) ; Civitavecchia (Monterosato ' : 

 Napoli (Delle Chiaje, Costa, Scacchi); Sicilia: Palermo. Messina, Catania, frequ. 

 (Philippi), Siracusa, edulis (Arauas et Benoit); „Adventure Bank" (Jeffreys); 

 Adria: frequ. ubique: Venezia (Weinkauff), Trieste, Pirano (Stossich), Lesina, 

 Curzola (Heller), Zara, Brevilaqua (Sandri, Bbusina); mare Aegeum (Forbes). 



m 2. Sc. tenuicostata Mich. {Sc. elcgans et Tnrionis Risso, Sc. planicosta 

 Biv., Sc. Turioiiis Wkff., Mtrs., al.). Testa subulato-turrita, imperforata, solida, 

 brunnea, obsolete fasciata; anfractus 18 rotundati, costis arcuatis, planis. valde 

 inaequalibus, irregulariter dispositis, appressis, interstitiis striatis, sutura distincta, 



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