MALACOZOA. CEPHALOPODA. FORAMINIFERA. 3/ 



2. Vermiculum intortum. Oval Vermiculum. 



Shell suboval, somewhat compressed or trigonal, of several 

 smooth, glossy, opaque, white turns, three being generally 

 visible on one side, four on the other ; the last folds arcuate, 

 or subcarinate, angular on the margin ; the aperture roundish, 

 divided by a thin plate or tooth attached to the proximal margin. 

 Length from half a twelfth to nearly a twelfth of an inch. 



Found by me in October, 1842, among sand and broken 

 shells adhering to an Ascidia from deep water, off Aberdeen ; 

 and by Mr. Alexander Murray at Fraserburgh, and Cruden. 



Serpula Seminulum? Linn. Syst. Nat. 1264. — Serpula subovalis 

 umbilico pervio. Walker, Test. Min. Rar. PI. 1. f. 1. — Vermiculum 

 intortum. Mont. Test. Brit. 520. — Vermiculum intortum. Flem. 

 Wern. Mem. iv. 564. PI. 15. f. 3. — Vermiculum intortum. Flem. 

 Brit. Anim. 233. 



3. Vermiculum oblongum. Oblong Vermiculum. 



Shell subelliptical, or lanceolate, somewhat compressed, of 

 several smooth, glossy, opaque white turns, there being gene- 

 rally three visible on one side, and two on the other, the last 

 folds arcuate, their inner margins partially embracing the central 

 turn, their outer margin somewhat compressed, but rounded ; 

 the aperture suboval, with a pedunculated, thickish bifid tooth. 

 Length half a twelfth of an inch. 



Found by Mr. Alex. Murray, at Fraserburgh, Cruden, and 

 Slains, and by me at Aberdeen, in October, 1842. 



Vermiculum oblongum. Mont. Test. Brit. 522. PI. 14. f. 9. — 

 Vermiculum oblongum. Flem. Wern. Trans, iv. 565. PI. 15. f. 4. ; 

 Brit. Anim. 233. 



4. Vermiculum lacteum. Plaited Vermiculum. 



Shell oblongo-elliptical, of several smooth, glossy, semi- 

 transparent white elongated lobes or chambers, arranged ob- 

 liquely and divergently along a common axis; the aperture 

 circular. Length half a twelfth of an inch. 



First found by me in October, 1842, on a dead shell, from 

 off Aberdeen. In shell sand from Cruden : Mr. A. Murray. 



Serpula lactea. Turton's Linn. iv. 609. — Vermiculum lac- 

 teum. Mont. Test. Brit. 522. — Vermiculurn lacteum. Flem. 

 Wern. Mem. iv. 566. PI. 15. f. 6. — Arethusa lactea. Flem. Brit. 

 Anim. 234. 



Genus 5. Textularia. 

 Shell subpyramidal, compressed, with the summit 

 pointed, the base rounded ; having on each side an angular 



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