306 REV. E. B. WATSON ON THE 



Hab. From Norway to Mediterranean and Canaries. (M., 

 L., W.) Everywhere ; very common. 



260. Psammobia ferroensis, 1782, Chemnitz (as Tellina), Conch. - 



Cab. vi. 99, x. 91 : Gwyn Jeffreys, B. C. n. 396 ; & v. 

 xlii. 3. Hab. From Iceland to Mediterranean and Canaries, 

 and fossil from the later Italian Tertiaries. (N.) Senhor 

 Nobre alone has been fortunate enough to secure this 

 species : " Dredged at Canigal." 

 Pseudomurex, see Murex. 



261. Purpura hcemastoma, 1767, Linne (as Buccinum), Syst. Nat. 



p. 1202 ; Philippi, Enumeratio, i. 218, & n. 187, xxvii. 2. 

 Mediterranean to Senegal (see Adanson, as Purpura SaJcem, 

 p. 100, vii. 1), Cape de Verdes (Bowditch, p. 242), Lagos 

 (E. A. Smith, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 732). (L., N., Jn., W.) 

 Everywhere ; very common. 

 Pyrula, see Murex. 



262. Ranella (Aspa) marginata, 1788, Gmelin (as Buccinum), 



Syst. Nat. p. 3186. no. 63; Martini (as Utriculus fimbriatus- 

 dentatus), Conch.-Cab. in. 425, pi. cxx. 1101-2 ; Sowerby, 

 Genera, ir. pi. cciii. f. 2 ; Kiener (as R. laevigata), Iconog. 

 vii. p. 34, xiii. 2 ; Deshayes {R. laevigata), Encycl. in. 882 ; 

 Lamarck (R. laevigata), An. s. Vert. vti. 154, 2nd edit. 

 (Deshayes) ix. 550 ; Kiister (R. laevigata), Conch.-Cab. 2nd 

 edit., in. pt. 2, p. 154, xxxix a. 8 ; Homes (R. laevigata), 

 Foss. Moll. Wien. Bass. i. 214, xxi. 7-11 ; Seguenza (R. 

 marginata), Formazioni Terz. p. 108. Hab. Canaries and 

 N.W. Africa, but best known as a fossil. (L., W.) Funchal, 

 Porto Santo. Living, but rather rare. 



263. Ranella reticularis, 1780, Born (as Murex), Mus. Vind. 



p. 300, pi. xi, 5 ; Lamarck (as R. gigantea), An. s. Vert, 

 vn. 150, 2nd ed. (Deshayes) ix. 540 ; Beeve, Conch. Icon, 

 vol. II. sp. 3 ; Philippi, Enumeratio, I. 211, & n. 183. 

 Hab. From Bay of Biscay to Mediterranean. (L., N., 

 Jn., W.) Porto Santo, Funchal. Bare. — This is Murex 

 olearium of Linne's 10th, but not of his 12th edition. 



264. Ranella scrobiculator, 1767, Linne (as Murex), Syst. Nat. 



p. 1218 ; Adanson, Senegal (as " Jabik "), p. 121, pi. viii. 13 ; 

 Deshayes (as Triton), Encycl. in. 1056, pi. ccccxiv. 3; 

 d'Orbigny (as R. abbreviata), Moll. Canar. p. 94. Hab. 

 Mediterranean to Senegal. (L., N., Jn., W.) From Gor- 

 gulho Bay to Punta de Sao Lourengo. Abundant. 



