﻿MELVILI, 
  : 
  TURRID^ 
  OF 
  THE 
  PERSIAN" 
  GULF, 
  ETC. 
  177 
  

  

  noticeable 
  in 
  qiiisquilia. 
  Again, 
  the 
  third 
  whorl 
  in 
  turris 
  is 
  closely 
  

   radially 
  ribletted. 
  The 
  two 
  nuclear 
  whorls 
  are 
  globular 
  and 
  very 
  

   smooth 
  in 
  both 
  species. 
  

  

  108. 
  Mangilia. 
  recta 
  (Sm.). 
  

   Pleurofoma 
  {Mangilia?) 
  recta, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  

  

  ser. 
  vr, 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  1888, 
  p. 
  310. 
  

   Mattgilia 
  recta, 
  Sm. 
  : 
  Melvill, 
  Proc. 
  Malac. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  vol. 
  x, 
  1912, 
  

   p. 
  251, 
  pi. 
  xi, 
  f. 
  13, 
  13«. 
  

   P.G. 
  Coll. 
  Pelly. 
  (Type 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum.) 
  

   M.C. 
  Charbar, 
  7 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  A 
  distinct 
  species, 
  with 
  a 
  peculiar 
  waxen 
  appearance, 
  and 
  greyish- 
  

   olive 
  in 
  colour, 
  striped 
  with 
  whitish. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  Charbar 
  specimens, 
  

   in 
  better 
  condition 
  than 
  the 
  actual 
  type, 
  was 
  figured 
  as 
  given 
  above. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  particularly 
  calls 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  granular 
  aspect 
  of 
  

   the 
  tliird 
  whorl, 
  which 
  is 
  somewhat 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  character 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  

   M. 
  albolabiata, 
  Sm., 
  gracilenta, 
  Reeve, 
  and 
  its 
  variety 
  ^or^m, 
  Sm. 
  

  

  109. 
  Mangilia 
  scitula 
  (Sm.). 
  (PI. 
  IX, 
  Fig. 
  4.) 
  

  

  Pleurotoma 
  {Mangilia) 
  scitula, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  

   ser. 
  v, 
  vol. 
  xiv, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  321. 
  

  

  P.G. 
  Mussandam, 
  55 
  fathoms. 
  Muscat, 
  10-15 
  fathoms. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  

   Oman, 
  lat. 
  24° 
  58' 
  E., 
  long. 
  56° 
  54' 
  N., 
  156 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  M.C. 
  Charbar, 
  40 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  I. 
  Karachi. 
  

  

  An 
  abundant 
  little 
  white 
  species, 
  hitherto 
  nnfigured. 
  The 
  fusiform 
  

   •contour 
  narrowed 
  below, 
  with 
  rather 
  small 
  mouth, 
  proportionately 
  

   speaking, 
  swollen 
  upper 
  whorls, 
  and 
  coarse 
  spiral 
  lirse, 
  liexagonal, 
  as 
  

   remarked 
  by 
  the 
  author, 
  with 
  very 
  beautiful 
  spiral, 
  minutely 
  punctate 
  

   striae 
  between 
  the 
  lirations 
  just 
  mentioned. 
  The 
  type, 
  now 
  figured, 
  

   was 
  collected 
  by 
  Sir 
  Lewis 
  Pelly 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf. 
  

  

  110. 
  Mangilia 
  smithii 
  (G. 
  & 
  H. 
  Nev.). 
  

  

  Clathurella 
  smithii, 
  G. 
  & 
  H. 
  Nevill, 
  Journ. 
  As. 
  Soc. 
  Bengal, 
  vol. 
  xliv, 
  

   pt. 
  ii, 
  1875, 
  p. 
  88, 
  pi. 
  viii, 
  f. 
  13. 
  

  

  P.G. 
  Tunib 
  Island. 
  

  

  M.C. 
  Gwadur 
  (W. 
  T. 
  Blanford). 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  has 
  a 
  clear 
  space 
  below 
  the 
  sutures 
  to 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  each 
  

   whorl. 
  

  

  Var. 
  clariscidpta 
  (Melv.). 
  

   Mangilia 
  clarinculpta, 
  Melvill, 
  Proc. 
  Malac. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  vol. 
  x, 
  1912, 
  

   p. 
  251, 
  pi. 
  xi, 
  f. 
  13, 
  13a. 
  

  

  P.G. 
  Mussandam, 
  55 
  fathoms. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  lat. 
  24° 
  58' 
  N., 
  

   long. 
  56° 
  54' 
  E., 
  156 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  M.C. 
  Charbar, 
  at 
  40 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  in 
  the 
  veiy 
  conspicuous 
  and 
  prominent 
  spiral 
  

   excavate 
  ridge 
  (or 
  ridges) 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  sutures, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  

   penultimate 
  and 
  body 
  whorls. 
  I 
  had 
  not 
  noted 
  that 
  G. 
  & 
  H. 
  Nevill 
  

   call 
  attention 
  to 
  this 
  variation 
  from 
  their 
  type 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  

  

  