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CATALOGUE OF PTEEOPODA. 



Cuvieria columnella, Rang, Ann. Sc. Nat. xii. 323, t. 45, B. f. 1—8 



1827. 

 Cuvieria columella, HOrb. Voy. Am. Mer. Moll. 125, t. 8, f. 35— 



39 ; Guerin, Icon. Reg. An. Moll. t. 4, f. 10. 

 Cleodora obtusa, Quog ^ Gaim. P Voy. Uran. t. 6, f. 5. 

 Creseis obtusa, Rang, Ann. Sc. Nat. "xiii. t. 17, f. 4, 1828. 

 Cuvieria obtusa, lyOrb. Ram. Sagra Hist. Cuba Moll. 89; Moll, des 



Canar. 32 (1839). 

 Cuvieria colonnette, Voy. Bonite Moll., t. 12, anat. 

 Cleodora columnella. Desk, in Lamk. Hist. ed. 2, vii. 435. 



a—c. Coast of Brazil. Presented by Dr. Sinclair, R.N. 



2. Triptera rosea. 

 Body rose-coloured. Shell ? 



Triptera rosea, Qiioy ^ Gaim. Voy. Uranee, 416, t. 66, 1824; 

 D'Orb. Voy. Amer. Merid. 126, note; Ann. Sci. Nat. 1825, 76* 

 t. 2, f. 5. 



Hab. Port Jackson. — Quoy. 



3. Triptera okyza. 



Shell smooth, shining, depressed, cylindrical ; sides near the septum 

 rather more ventricose ; apex elongate, acute. Length 4ths of 

 an inch. 



Cuvieria oryza, Benson, Jour. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1835, 698. 

 Hab. Tropical Indian Ocean. — Benson. 



3. Triptera Astesana. 



Shell elongately cylindrical, truncated at the posterior extremity, 

 terminated anterioriy with an oblique, somewhat triangular aper- 

 ture, polished internally and externally, shining. 



Cuvieria Astesana, Rang. Ann. Sci. Nat. xvi. 498, t. 19 f. 2. 



Cleodora Astesana, Besh. in Lamk. Hist. ed. 2, vii. 434, 

 Fossil in Astesan. 



Fam. III. CYMBULIAD.^. 



Animal globular or ovate. 



Fins 2, horizontal, opposite, on each side of the mouth, with a small 



intermediate lobe. 

 Shell cartilaginous, slipper-shaped, rarely wanting. 



