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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETr. 
  

  

  Gulf 
  was 
  concerned; 
  Mr. 
  Townsend, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  often 
  liad 
  occasion 
  

   to 
  observe, 
  in 
  the 
  care 
  exercised 
  in 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   collected, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  labelling; 
  of 
  exact 
  localities, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   selection 
  of 
  good 
  dredging 
  stations, 
  exceeded 
  most, 
  if 
  not 
  all 
  his 
  

   forerunners, 
  and 
  to 
  him 
  I 
  feel 
  extremely 
  grateful, 
  now, 
  as 
  ever. 
  

   Lastly, 
  to 
  Miss 
  Gertrude 
  ]\r. 
  Woodward 
  I 
  must 
  express 
  my 
  especial 
  

   gratitude 
  for 
  the 
  admirable 
  illustrations 
  delineated 
  with 
  such 
  

   consummate 
  accuracy. 
  

  

  Abbreviations 
  employed 
  to 
  indicate 
  regions 
  of 
  distribution. 
  

  

  P.G. 
  By 
  these 
  initials 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  understood 
  the 
  whole 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  

   Persian 
  Gulf, 
  likewise 
  comprehending 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  with 
  

   Muscat 
  and 
  Jask, 
  bordered 
  eastward 
  by 
  long. 
  59° 
  48' 
  E. 
  

  

  M.C. 
  The 
  Mekran 
  coast 
  of 
  South 
  Persia 
  and 
  Baluchistan, 
  between 
  

   long. 
  59° 
  48' 
  E. 
  and 
  the 
  River 
  Hab. 
  

  

  I. 
  The 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  continental 
  India 
  from 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Piver 
  

   Hab, 
  abutting 
  on 
  Karachi, 
  say 
  long. 
  66° 
  40', 
  south-eastward 
  to 
  

   Panjim, 
  lat. 
  15° 
  50' 
  N., 
  long. 
  66° 
  40' 
  E. 
  

  

  Class 
  GASTROPODA. 
  

  

  Order 
  PROSOBRANCHIATA. 
  

  

  Sub-order 
  Monotocardia. 
  

  

  § 
  TOXOGLOSSA. 
  

  

  Family 
  TUllPIDiE 
  ( 
  = 
  PLEUROTOMID^). 
  

  

  I. 
  Sub-family 
  Turrinje. 
  

  

  Genus 
  TURBIS, 
  Bolten, 
  1798 
  (= 
  PLEUROTOMA, 
  Lamarck, 
  1799). 
  

  

  1. 
  Tcrris 
  acuta 
  (Perry). 
  

  

  Pleurotoma 
  acuta. 
  Perry, 
  Conchology, 
  1811, 
  pi. 
  liv, 
  fig. 
  5. 
  

  

  ,, 
  tigrina, 
  Lamarck, 
  Anim. 
  sans 
  Vert., 
  vol. 
  vii, 
  1822, 
  p. 
  95. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  Deshayes, 
  Anim. 
  sans 
  Vert., 
  2nd 
  ed., 
  vol. 
  ix, 
  1843, 
  

  

  p. 
  352. 
  

   ,, 
  ,, 
  Kiener, 
  Coq. 
  Viv., 
  1839, 
  pi. 
  viii, 
  f. 
  1. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  Reeve, 
  Conch. 
  Icon., 
  vol. 
  i, 
  1843, 
  pi. 
  i, 
  f. 
  3. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  Hedley, 
  Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  

  

  1902, 
  p. 
  28. 
  

   Lvphiotoma 
  ,, 
  Casey, 
  Trans. 
  Acad. 
  Sci. 
  St. 
  Louis, 
  vol. 
  xiv, 
  1904, 
  

  

  p. 
  130. 
  

   P.G. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  Malcolm 
  Inlet, 
  at 
  24 
  fathoms, 
  dead. 
  

   M.C. 
  On 
  soft 
  mud, 
  at 
  7 
  fathoms, 
  but 
  very 
  scarce. 
  

   A 
  widely 
  distributed 
  and 
  not 
  very 
  variable 
  species, 
  extending 
  to 
  

   the 
  Philippine 
  Isles,' 
  where 
  it 
  abounds, 
  and 
  also 
  Fiji 
  and 
  other 
  

   islands 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  tropical 
  Archipelago. 
  See 
  remarks 
  under 
  

   T. 
  indica. 
  

  

  ^ 
  Hidalgo, 
  Cat. 
  Moll. 
  Test. 
  Ins. 
  Philip., 
  1904, 
  p. 
  112. 
  

  

  