Bnccinidae. 401 



1. Eu. cornea Ads. {Murex corneus L., Fusus luinarius Lam., nec L., 

 F. conulus Kissit, Fisania cornea Mtks.). Testa glabra, iiiterdum spiraliter ob- 

 . solete lirata; anfractibus priniis 3 — 4 plicatis aut nodulosis; anfr. 9 — 10, sutura 

 marginata divisi, primum appressi et concavi, dein ventricosi, rotundati, ultimus 

 V'2 testae longit. superans; apertura ovata, supra subcanaliculata, canali angusto, 

 obliquo abrupte terminata; labrum crassum, intus callo dentato munitum, collu- 

 inella arcuata, callosa, supra tuberculata; albida aut cinerea aut coerulescens, 

 variegata aut fasciata. — Long. (50 — 70, lat. 24 — 27 mm. — Var. clongata 

 Loc. (i'«. minor Bkll.), niajor, minor, fusca Scacchi, eJo)i(jata, crassa, cinerascens, 

 niacuJafa Mtrs. 



Distrib. : Paciticum, Xova Caledonia. — Fossilis tertiaria. 

 Habit. : Fundi limosi, 5 — 28 org. ; litora Hispaniae: Gibraltar, Cartagena 

 (Mc Andrkw), Barcelona, ins. balear. : Mahon (Hidalgo); Alger (Weinkauff); 

 litora Galliae: Roussillon, Canet (Bucquoy, Dtzbg., Dfs.), Cette (Granger), inde 

 ;id Aigues-Mortes (Dubreuil), litora Provinciae (Petit), Marseille (Ancey), fort 

 St. Jean, le Pharo, la Joliette, le Prado, TEstaque, Carry (Marion), Toulon, 

 St. Tropez (Doublier), St. Mandrier, la Seyne, Porquerolles, Cannes, Mentone 

 (Locard); litora pedemontana (Jeffreys), Nizza (Risso, Verany), Genova (Verany); 

 (-'orsica (Payraudeau, Requien); vSardinia (Gennari), Bouifacio (Rolle); Spezia 

 (Capellini, Tapparone-Canepri) , Livorno, Elba (Appelius); Napoli (Scacchi), 

 Ustica (Calcara); Sicilia (Philippi, Aradas et Benoit); Malta (McAndrew); 

 : litora Tunetana (Monterosato, de Gregorio), sin. Gabes (Dautzenberg) ; Taranto 

 [ (v. Salis); Adria: Venezia, Trieste, Pirano (Stossich), Lussin piccolo, 17 org. 

 (Grube), Rovigno, 28 m (Wimmer), Lesina, Lissa, Curzola, Ragusa (Heller), 

 Zara, Spalato (Brusina); Morea (Deshayes); mare Aegeum (Forbes); Syria 

 (Gaillardot et Puton). 



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



Pisania Biv. (Pusio Gray, Pollia Gtray). Pes ante subtruncatus, utrinque 

 ■intjulatus, oculi ad hasin tentaculorum ; penis angustus, longus; dens centralis radidae 

 hnticuUs 3 — o, laterales tricuspidcs, media cuspide parva; tcsta ohlonga, ovafo-fusi- 

 formis, anfractihus pauUo convexis, spiralifer sulcatis aut liratis, concentrice aid uhique 

 aut supcris costato-plicatis; spira satis longa, canalis recurvus hrevis; apertura an- 

 gusta, utrinque acuminata, lahro intus denticulato, columella supra plica intrante 

 munifa; operculum nnguicidatum, leviter arcuatum, nuclco apicali. 



1. P. maculosa Grube {Buccinum maculosum Lam. , Purpura maculosa 

 -; Blv., Voluta striafa, syracusana Gm,, Purpura fasciolaris Lam., P. variegata Schub. 

 et Wagn. , P. Gualtierii Scacchi, B. pusio Phil., nec L., Pollia jmsio Jeffr., 

 Pisania striata Woodw., Pis. striatula Biv.). Testa ovato-elongata, interdum sub- 

 fusiformis, subturrita, cauda brevi, conipressa, solida, sulcis spiralibus aut oostis 

 phinis, sulcis angustis divisis, undique cingulata, in anfractibus superis indistincte 

 concentrice plicata; anfr. 7, sutura profunda interdum subcanalicuLata divisi, con- 

 vexiusculi, ultimus ^/3 testae fere occupans, basi attenuatus; apertura anguste 

 ovata, utrinque attenuata, supra subcanaliculata, sinu parvo praedita, canali in 

 junioribus aperto, in adultis angustiore; columella arcuata, supra plica intrante 

 • munita, dein excisa, ad introitum canalis contorta, callo supra tenuissimo, infra 

 crasso, rugoso; labrum acutum, incrassatum, dentibus aut plicis albidis munitum; 

 albida, castaneo maculata et strigata, faucibus lividis, fascia albida mediaua. — 

 Long. 20—30 nim. 



Distrib.: Atlanticum medium. — Fossilis tertiaria. 

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