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2. Snbtam. Purpurinae Fischeb. Opemilum luicleo laterali; dens centralis 

 radulae denticulis 3 niediis et accessoriis lateralibus. 



Ocinebra Leach {Odnebra et Oclncbrina Mtrs.). Anhnal ci Muricum simile; 

 (Jfns ccnfralis radulac cuspidihus o* fortibus ct denticidis nonmdlis lateralibus; testa 

 tintriciformis, varicosa ; labrnm pUcatMn, intus incrassatum , apcrtnra ovata, canali 

 modice lonyo, dauso aut fcre clauso; opercidum ovatum, miclco sublaterali aut in 

 marginc cxtcrno. 



1. 0. erinaceus Fjsch. {Murex crinaccnslj., M. tarcntinnsljxsi., M. bracteatus 

 Sc, M. ramosus Rissu, nec Lam., M. dccussatus Gm., 31. cingidifcrus Lam., M. tri- 

 quctcr Olivi, nec Brus. , M. subcarinatus Lam. , M. sqtiamidosus Ar. et Ben.). 

 Testa ovato-rhombica aut triquetra, subfusiformis, cauda mediocri, compressa, re- 

 curva, scabrosa; spira gradata, ecliinata, 3 — 7-fariam A^aricosa, varicibus frondoso- 

 muricatis Iiaud continuis; aiifr. 7, supra planati, spiraliter grosse lirati , liris 2 

 in anfractibus spirae, circ. 7 — 9 in ultimo majoribus, saepe squamosis, ad varices 

 valde squamoso-erectis; apertura ovata, mediocris, labro crenulato, columella callo 

 crasso undique appresso, faucibus sulcis, liris externis respondentibus , munitis; 

 albido-fusca. — Long. 60 mm et ultra. — Var. amirrus de Greg. 



Distrib.: Atlanticum, ab insulis Canariis ad Scandinaviam. — Fossilis 

 tertiaria. 



Habit.: Litora Hispaniae: Algesiras (Hidalgo), Gibraltar, Malaga (Mc 

 Andrew), Cartagena, Barcelona, Mataro; ins. balear. : Mahon, Fornells (Hidalgo); 

 Sidi-Feruch , Alger , Bona (Weinkauff) ; litora Galliae : Roussillon (Bucquoy, 

 Dt/bg., Dfs.), la Franqui (Pepratx), la Nouvelle (Locard), Palavas (Dollfus), 

 Agde (Locard), Cette (Graxger), inde ad Aigues-Mortes (Dubrelil), Aigues- 

 Mortes (Cli':mext), les Martigues (Petit), Marseille (Locard), Garlabau, les Goudes, 

 la Joliette (Mariox), Toulon, St. Tropez (Doublier, Locabd), St. Raphael (Douk- 

 lier), PorqueroIIes, penins. Gien (Locard); litora pedemontana (Jeffreys), Nizza 

 (Risso, Verany), Genova (Veraxy) ; Corsica (Payraudeau, Ri^quien); Spezia 

 (Tapparone-Canefri); mare ligustinum (Appelius); Napoli (Scacchi); Ustica 

 (Calcara); Sicilia (Philippi, Aradas et Bexoit), Palermo, Barra, Solunto; Tunis, 

 in spongiis (de Gregorio); Adria: Venezia (Weinkauff), Trieste (v. Martens', 

 Lussin (Grube), Rovigno, 2 — 28 m (Wimmer), Arbe, Pago, Brevilaqua, Zara 

 'Brusina). 



2. 0. Edwardsi Mtrs. {Purpura Edwardsi Payr., Jlurex Edwardsi Phil., 

 M. Lassaignii Desh. , nec Bast. , Ocincbrina Nicolai Mtrs., M. labiosus Cmier., 

 Brus., Eusus rudis ^Phil.", Tib., P. imu' Reeve). Testa ovata aut ovato-fusi- 

 formis, solida, spira mediocri, cauda brevissima; anfr. 6, angulati, spiraliter dis- 

 tincte lirati, liris alternantibus lirisque elevatis saepe intercedentibus, superi dense 

 plicati, ultimus varicibus 2—3 majoribus nodisque intercedentibus munitus; aper- 

 tura angulato-elliptica, peristoma continuum, labio dentibus '> munito; albida, aut 

 fuscescenti-albida, apertura purpurea. — Long. circ. 20 mm. — Var. cassidula 

 ^AItrs., (dpaus. pcrigmus, capolns, perilus, rimus de Greg. 



Distrib.: Atlanticum medium. — Fossilis in tertiariis circummediterraneis. 



Habit. : Litora Hispaniae: Algesiras, Cartagena, Barcelona (Hidalgo); 

 ins. balear. : Mahon (McAndrew); Alger, Bona (Weinkauff); litora Galliao 

 (Petit), Roussillon: Port-Vendres, Cerbere (Bucquoy, Dtzbg., Dfs.), la Nouvelle 

 (Locard), Cette (Granger), inde ad Aigues-Mortes (Dubreuil), le Grau du Roi 

 (Clii;ment), Marseille (Ancey), le Pliaro, le Prado, Pomegue, les iles (Marion), 

 Toulon (Doublier, Locard), St. Tropez, St. Raphael (Dubreuil), la Seyne, St. 

 Nazaire (Locard), Cannes (Dautzenberg); litora pedemontana (Jeffreys), Nizza, 

 Carus, Fauiia me literranea. II. 25 



