Muricidae. — Columbellidae. 389 



Brusixa); Morea (Deshayes); iiiare Aegeum (Foebes); Smyrna (FiiEiscHEK) ; 

 Syria (Gaillardot et Puton); Aegyptus (Hartmaxn), Ramleh (Schneider). 



Varietatem elongatam Phil. LncAKn pro specie distincta liabet: C. procera 

 Loc. {Mitra Tringa rosxA. teste rniL.). Slajor, spira 7» altitud. aiifractus ultiuii 

 aequans, anfr. ultiuius minus inflatus, magis elongatus. — Roussillon, le Canet 

 (BucQuoy, Dtzbct., Dfs.), Toulon, la Seyne, St. Tropez, Cannes (Locard) ; Palenno 

 (Philippi). 



Var. spongiarum Duclos. Spira major, acuminata, anfr. ultinms magis in- 

 flatus; aurantiaca, all)o maculata, apice violaceo aut roseo. 



Xom. vulg. : Maliou: Betlleruga (Hidalgo). 



Subg. Nitidella Sws. Testa ovata, laevis, columella plica singula aut duplici 

 in parte anteriore; labrum leviter incrassatum et inflexum. 



?2. C. laevigata Wkff. {Bucdmmi lacvigatum L., autt.). „Testa ovato- 

 oblonga, laevi, nitida, luteo-rnfescente, lineolis fiiscis longitudinalibus flexuosis 

 saepius ornata; nltimo anfractu spira- longiore, medio fascia albo nigroque arti- 

 culata cincto; apertura subdilatata, laevis, alba." Long. 7,5'" (Lamarck- 

 Deshayes). 



D i s t r i b. : Atlantica litora Africae. 



Habit.: Litora Hispaniae: Mataro, Caldetas (Hidalgo, a piscatoribus capta); 

 {-■orsica: Figari, in salo, ad ins. Lavezi et Cavallo, rar. (Payraudeau) ; Napoli 

 (ScAccHi). — An cuni saburra foris introducta species? 



Subg. Mitrella Risso, Ads. Testa bucciniformis, elongata, angusta; aper- 

 tura parva, columella laevi aut ante leviter granulosa; labro simplici, intus pli- 

 cato, paullo incrassato; canalis mediocriter emarginatus. 



3. C. scripta Sandri {3Iurex scriptus L., 31. connlus Olivi, 31. politus 

 Een., Bucciinim scriptum Phil., B. Linnaci Payr., Mifrella fiaminca, Fusus glaher 

 €t Purpura cornicukita Risso, Bucc. corniculatum Lam. , Col. Crosscana Recl.). 

 Testa elongato-fusiformis, spira turrita, solidula, laevis, nitens, albida, flammulis 

 rufis undulatis irregularibus liic illic confluentibus ornata; anfr. 7 vix convexius- 

 culi, ultimus spiram subaequans, basi leviter striatus; apertura ^/5 testae occupans, 

 subcanaliculatus, columella callo aurantiaco, basi granulato obducta, labro simplici, 

 intus denticulato. — Long. 15 — 18 mm. — Var. coccinea Phil. {Buccinwn 

 nasutum Gm.); clongata B., D., D. (C. lanccolata Loc, nec Sow.), ahhrcviata B., D., D., 

 tnrgida, alhida, flcivida Mtrs. 



Distrib.: Pontus. — Fossilis tertiaria. 



Habit. : Gibraltar (McAndrew), Mataro, Rosas (Hidalgo); ins. balear. : 

 Malion (McAndrew, Hidalgo); Alger, Bona (Weinkauff) ; litora Galliae (Michaud), 

 Roussillon: Port-Vendres, Paulilles (Bu'cquoy, Dtzbg., Dfs.), a Cette ad Aigues- 

 Mortes (Dubkeuil), les Martigues (Locard), TEstaque, Morgillet, Pomegue, Roucas- 

 Blanc, Ratonneau (Marion), St. Tropez, St. Nazaire, la Sej^ne (Locard); litora 

 pedemontana (Jeffreys), Nizza (Risso, Vi5rany), Genova (Vi5:rany); Corsica 

 (Payraudeau, R^quien) ; Sardinia : Cagliari (Gennari) ; Spezia (Capellini, Tappa- 

 kone-Canefri); Livorno, Castiglioncello, Pianosa, Giglio, Elba (Appelius); Civita- 

 ,vecchia (Monterosato) ; Napoli (Scacchi), Capri (Recluz); Ustica (Calcaba); 

 Sicilia (Philippi, Aradas et Benoit); IMalta (McAndrew); Tunis (Weinkai;ff, 

 MoNTERosATo), siu. Gabes (Dautzenberg); Tripoli (Breuel, Weinkauff); Adria: 

 Trieste, Clierso (Stossich), Lussin piccolo (Grube), Rovigno, 28 m, Scoglio 

 Mandoler, 06 mm (Wimmer), Lesina, Curzola, Ragusa (Helleb), Zara (Sandbi, 

 Brusina) ; Morea (Deshayes) ; mare Aegeum (Forbes) ; Aegyptus : Ramleh (Schxeidek). 



