;-5g2 Gastropoda. — Ctenobranchia. 



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S — 29 m (Wlmmek), Dalmatia, comm. (Bkusina); Morea (Deshayes); raare Aegetim 

 (FoKBEs); Srayrna (Fleischer); Syria (Ehrenbekg, Gaii.lardot et Puton); 

 Aegyptus.(FiscHEK), Ramleli, haud frequ. (Schneider). 



Nom. vulg. : Mahon: Corn blau (Hidalgo). 



Subg. Muricidea Sws. {Muricoims Bucqu. et Dtzbg.). Spira producta, longi- 

 tudine anfractus ultinii aut ea longior, varicibus numerosis, apertura sine canali 

 interno supero. 



3. Murex cristatus Brocchi [M. BlainilUci Payr., B. , D., D., M. sub- 

 sjjinosits Ads., 3T. itlicifer Biv., M. erinaceits D.Ch., teste Phil., 31. inennis Mtrs., 

 31. porrectus Loc). Testa fusiformis, elongata, spira turrita, solidula, basi an- 

 gustata, albida aut fusca, pleriimque indistincte fasciata; anfr. 7 — 8, anguhati, 

 super angulum plus minusve impresso-excavati, spiraliter lirati, liris distantibus, 

 interstitiis laevibus, 7- aut b-fariam varicosi, varicibus squamis erectis, canali- 

 culatis armatis; apertura anguste-ovata, parva, vivide carnea, rufa aut fuscescens, 

 columelhi phis minusve distincte plicata, labro crasso, plicatulo, intus dentibus 

 aut nodulis 5 armato. — Long. ad 30 (38) mm. — Var. inermis, bicolor, gra- 

 ciiis, rosea Mtks., anipus, berdicus de Gkeg. 



Distrib. : Athinticum lusitanicum; ins. Canariae. — Fossilis tertiaria. 



Habit. : — -!() org. ; litora Hispaniae: Gibraltar (McAndrew), Mataro; 

 ins. balear. : Mahon, Palma de Mallorca (Hidalgo); Alger, Sidi-Feruch, Bona 

 (Weinkauff); litora Galliae (Petit), Roussillon: Paulilles (Bucca'OY, DtzbgI, 

 Dfs.), la Franqui (Pepratx), la Nouvelle (Locard), Cette (Granger) , inde ad 

 Aigues-Mortes (Dubkeuil), Aigues-Mortes (CLfiMENT), Marseille: fort St. Jean, ha 

 Joliette, Roucas-Blanc , l"Estaque, Ratonneau, Morgillet (Marion), Toulon, St. 

 Tropez, St. Raphael, St. Nazaire, hi Seyne (Doublier), Cannes (Dautzenberg) ; 

 litora pedemontana (Jeffreys), Nizza (Risso, V^rany), Genova (VfiRANv); Spezia 

 (Capellini, TArPAKONE-CANEFKi); Corsica (Paykaude.\u, RfiquiKN); Sardinia (Can- 

 traine), capo S. Elia (Gennari), Bonifacio (Rolle); Livorno, Elba, Castiglion- 

 cello, Pianosa (Appelius); Civitavecchia (Monterosato); Napoli (Scacchi, al.): 

 Ustica (Calcaka); Sicilia (Philippi, Aradas et Benoit), Messina (Seguenza); 

 litora Tunetana (Monterosato) , sin. Gabes (Dautzenberg); Adria: Venezia 

 (v. Maktens), Cherso, Lussin (Gkube), Lissa, Lesina, Curzola, Ragusa (Heller), 

 Rovigno, 28 m, Trihike, 1 m (Wimmek), Pirano (Richthofen), Zara (Bkusina); 

 Morea (Deshayes); mare Aegeum (Fokbes); Syria (Gaillardot et Puton); 

 Aegyptus: Kamh^h, rar. (Schneider). 



in ?4. M. Spinulosus Costa {31. (liadema Ar. et Ben., an var. 31. cristafif). 

 „Testa i)arvnh\, ovatn-conicii, apice acuto, hactea, anfractibus (> rotundatis, trans- 

 versim sulcatis, longitudinaliter costulatis, costis 7 carinatis, frondosis, frondibus 

 trianguhiribus, canaliculatis; apertura ovata, labro laciniato, intus tuberculato, 

 cauda ])reviuscula; canali aperto" (Aradas et I^enoit). — Long. 11 mm. 



Habit.: Litora Provinciae (Petit), Cap Cavaux, Riou, Ratonneau (Marion), 

 Toulon (Lchakd); litora pedemontana („Brit. Mus."); Corsica, Sardinia, Lipari 

 (TiBERi); Sicilia: Palermo (Aradas et Benoit, Monterosato), Messina (Seguenza). 



Subg. Poweria ^IiKs. Canali lineari, aperto, aportura rotundata , raro et 

 leviter denticulata in adultis, costis hiniellosis, epidermide vclutina. 



m 5. M. scalaroides Blv. {31. flistincttts Crist. et Jan, 31. scalarinits 

 Biv., 3J. leucoibrma Sca( ( ui). Testa parva, ovato-oblonga, subfusiforrais , spira 

 subturrita, cauda brevissima, recurva, compressa; sexfariam varicosa, varicibus 

 sinipliciter lamellosis, supra subauriculatis. series obliquas formantibus. interstitiis 

 liiatis, liris ad varices majoribus, divi'rgontil)Us ; anfr. 7, convexi, subscalati, 



