THE FAUXA OF LIVERPOOL. 



ScALARiA Communis. 



Formerly common ou the North Shore, now less so. 



Family PYRAMIDELLID^. 



Genus EULI:MA. 



ElTLTMA SUBULATA. 



I'icked up occasionally, dead, at Southport and along tlie North Shore. 



EULIMA POLITA. 



Dead shells occasionally between Formby and Southport. — Mr. Marratt. 



Famihj NATICID.E. 

 Genus NATICA. 

 Natica Monilifera. 



Specimens have often been given to me alive and kept so for a considerable 

 time in sea wat«r. They were taken in trawl nets at the north of Win-al. 

 Along the North Shore. 

 Natica Nitida. 



Dead shells found, from time to time, round the neighbouring shores, and taken 

 in the dredge. Living specimens dredged by Mr. Webster between the Dee 

 and tlie Light-ship. 



Family MURICID.E. 

 Genus MUEEX. 

 MuREX Erinaceus. 



Dead slieUs taken in the dredge occasionally. 



Genus PUEPUEA. 

 Purpura Lapillus. 



Dredged in the Mersey, opposite Eastham Wood, in shelly sand and shingle. 

 Near Bromborough Pool, in stony ground. New Ferry, near the hulks ; 

 also on the eastern side of the river near the Dingle. — Mr. Cameron. Caldy 

 Blacks. New Brighton. Mr. Brockholes met with banded and imbricated 

 varieties upon the shore near Bromborough. 



Genus NASSA. 

 Nassa Reticulata. Dead shells in the " Swash." 

 Earely on the shore. 



Genus BUCCINUM. 

 BucciNUM Undatum. 



In the Mersey, opposite Eastham Wood, off Bii-kenhead and Woodside Slips, 

 past Bootle Landmark. — Mr. Cameron. North of Wirral, opposite Leasowe 

 Castle. Hilbre Island and Caldy Blacks, abundant ; ground stony. 



Genus FUSUS. 



FUSUS AXTIQUUS. 



Dead shells and living specimens dredged north of Dove Bank, 1851. Dead 

 sheUs all along the north sliore. 

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