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  : 
  TUEEID^ 
  OF 
  THE 
  PERSIAN 
  GULF, 
  ETC. 
  163 
  

  

  63. 
  SuRCULA. 
  FULMiNATA 
  (Kien.). 
  

   Phurotoma 
  fulminata, 
  L. 
  C. 
  Kiener, 
  Coq. 
  Viv., 
  1839, 
  pi. 
  x, 
  f. 
  2. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  Iteeve, 
  Conch. 
  Icon., 
  vol. 
  i, 
  1843, 
  pi. 
  v, 
  f. 
  37. 
  

  

  ,, 
  tornata, 
  Dillwyn, 
  var. 
  fulminata, 
  Trvon, 
  Man. 
  Conch., 
  

   vol 
  vi, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  237, 
  pi. 
  vi, 
  f. 
  81. 
  

   P.G. 
  Mussandam, 
  27 
  fathoms. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  Muscat, 
  5-10 
  

   fathoms; 
  lat. 
  25° 
  32' 
  N., 
  long. 
  57° 
  47' 
  E., 
  175 
  fathoms. 
  Off 
  Kuh 
  

   i 
  Mubarik, 
  25 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Jask, 
  1914. 
  

   M.C. 
  Generally 
  distributed. 
  

  

  I. 
  Karachi. 
  Bombay 
  (F. 
  W. 
  T.) 
  (Abercrombie) 
  ; 
  Eassein 
  and 
  

   Bombay 
  Harbour 
  southwards 
  to 
  Goa 
  (Olivier). 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  reported 
  

   as 
  far 
  east 
  as 
  Java. 
  

  

  Var. 
  gloriosa, 
  nov. 
  (PI. 
  VIII, 
  Fig. 
  11.) 
  

  

  Testa 
  breviter 
  f 
  usoidea, 
  obesa, 
  laevi, 
  undique 
  leviter 
  arete 
  splraliter 
  

   striatula, 
  anfractibus 
  9-10, 
  quorum 
  supernis 
  duobus 
  hyalinis, 
  

   laevissimis 
  globulosis, 
  his 
  proximis 
  tribus 
  minute 
  spiraliter 
  gemmatis, 
  

   cseteris 
  turrito-gradatis, 
  infra 
  suturas 
  transversa 
  callositate 
  prominula 
  

   praeditis, 
  deinde 
  paullum 
  excavatis, 
  ultimo 
  laevi, 
  infra 
  peripheriam 
  

   multilirato, 
  superficie 
  brunneo 
  vittata, 
  et 
  lineis 
  fulgetrinis 
  vel 
  

   maculis 
  conspersis 
  decorata, 
  apertura 
  oblonga, 
  alba 
  vel 
  pallide 
  

   strarainea, 
  labro 
  tenui, 
  sinu 
  lato, 
  baud 
  profundo, 
  canali 
  breviter 
  

   producto. 
  Long. 
  44, 
  lat. 
  20, 
  sp. 
  max. 
  ; 
  long. 
  40, 
  lat. 
  16, 
  sp. 
  min. 
  

  

  P.G. 
  Basadu. 
  Jask, 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  beach. 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens 
  only, 
  almost 
  precisely 
  similar, 
  have 
  as 
  yet 
  occurred 
  

   of 
  this 
  form. 
  The 
  first, 
  from 
  Basadu, 
  was 
  the 
  smaller, 
  but 
  more 
  

   perfect 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  nuclear 
  whorls, 
  the 
  latter 
  possessing 
  the 
  finer 
  

   coloration. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edgar 
  Smith, 
  who 
  only 
  examined 
  the 
  Basadu 
  shell, 
  expressed 
  

   to 
  me 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  only 
  a 
  monstrous 
  squat 
  form 
  of 
  

   fulminata, 
  but 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  a 
  second 
  shell 
  emboldens 
  me 
  to 
  propose 
  

   for 
  it 
  varietal 
  rank. 
  It 
  is 
  wonderfully 
  like 
  Perrona 
  obeta 
  (Reeve) 
  in 
  

   form, 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  given 
  undoubted 
  specific 
  status. 
  At 
  all 
  events 
  it 
  

   is 
  a 
  handsome 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  genus, 
  its 
  symmetry 
  is 
  admirable, 
  and, 
  

   should 
  large 
  suites 
  of 
  specimens 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  future, 
  recognition 
  of 
  its 
  

   specific 
  merits 
  would 
  undoubtedly 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  seriously 
  considered. 
  

  

  64. 
  SORCULA 
  HALICYRIA, 
  Melv. 
  

  

  Surcula 
  halicyria, 
  Melvill, 
  Proc. 
  Malac. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  vol. 
  vi, 
  1904, 
  

   p. 
  164, 
  pi. 
  X, 
  f. 
  16. 
  

  

  P.G. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  lat. 
  24° 
  49' 
  N., 
  long. 
  58° 
  56' 
  E., 
  228 
  fathoms, 
  

   mud 
  bottom 
  (October 
  26, 
  1900). 
  

  

  Unique 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  the 
  type 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  

   Collection. 
  Allied 
  to 
  S. 
  undatiruga, 
  Biv., 
  from 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  

   Sea, 
  from 
  which, 
  however, 
  it 
  differs 
  altogether 
  in 
  sculpture. 
  

  

  65. 
  Surcula 
  javana 
  (L.). 
  

   Murexjavanus, 
  Linnaeus, 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  12th 
  ed., 
  1767, 
  p. 
  550. 
  

   Pleiirotoma 
  nodifera, 
  Lamarck, 
  Anim. 
  sans 
  Vert., 
  vol. 
  vii, 
  1822, 
  p. 
  96. 
  

   ,, 
  ,, 
  Heeve, 
  Conch. 
  Icon., 
  vol. 
  i, 
  1843, 
  pi. 
  iv, 
  f. 
  28. 
  

  

  I. 
  Karachi, 
  rare. 
  Bombay 
  (Abercrombie), 
  cast 
  ashore 
  very 
  

  

  