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  OK 
  THE 
  PEUSIAN 
  GULF, 
  ETC. 
  191 
  

  

  Genus 
  DAPHNELLA, 
  Hinds, 
  1844. 
  

   15.i. 
  Dapiinelia 
  axis 
  (lleeve). 
  

  

  Pleurotoma 
  axis, 
  Reeve, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1846, 
  p. 
  3. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  Conch. 
  Icon., 
  vol. 
  i, 
  1846, 
  pi. 
  xxxiv, 
  f. 
  311. 
  

  

  Muscat, 
  20-40 
  fathoms, 
  large 
  dead 
  specimen. 
  

  

  P.G. 
  Malcolm 
  Inlet, 
  20 
  fathoms 
  ; 
  Kais 
  (or 
  Gais) 
  Island, 
  10 
  fathoms, 
  

   amongst 
  broken 
  shell 
  and 
  coral 
  sand. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  lat. 
  24° 
  55' 
  N., 
  . 
  

   long. 
  57° 
  5' 
  E., 
  37 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  I. 
  Karachi. 
  

  

  A 
  large, 
  handsome 
  species, 
  spirally 
  acutely 
  Urate, 
  tornate, 
  with 
  no 
  

   cancellations. 
  

  

  Reported 
  from 
  Queensland 
  by 
  Hedley, 
  and, 
  under 
  name 
  Clathirella 
  

   axis, 
  from 
  the 
  Philippines 
  by 
  Hidalgo, 
  and 
  also 
  Reeve, 
  as 
  collected 
  by 
  

   Hugh 
  Cuming. 
  

  

  156. 
  Daphnella 
  buccinulum, 
  M. 
  & 
  St. 
  

  

  Baphnella 
  buccintdu/n, 
  Melvill 
  & 
  Standen, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  

   ser. 
  vir, 
  vol. 
  xii, 
  1903, 
  p. 
  317, 
  pi. 
  xxiii, 
  f. 
  9. 
  

  

  P.G. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  lat. 
  24° 
  58' 
  K, 
  long. 
  56° 
  54' 
  E., 
  156 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  inflated 
  species, 
  thin, 
  and 
  delicately 
  very 
  finely 
  cancellate 
  

   throughout, 
  the 
  body-wliorl 
  extending 
  to 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  

   length. 
  

  

  157. 
  Daphnella 
  CECILIA, 
  M. 
  & 
  St. 
  

  

  Baphnella 
  cecilice, 
  Melvill 
  & 
  Standen, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1901, 
  

   p. 
  447, 
  pi. 
  xxiv, 
  f. 
  13. 
  

  

  M.C. 
  Without 
  exact 
  locality. 
  

  

  An 
  almost 
  unique 
  species. 
  Allied 
  to 
  D. 
  suhula. 
  Reeve, 
  of 
  which 
  

   it 
  perhaps 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  variety, 
  but 
  is 
  pure 
  white, 
  immaculate, 
  finely 
  

   cancellate 
  on 
  the 
  uppermost 
  whorls. 
  It 
  received 
  its 
  name 
  in 
  honour 
  

   of 
  Miss 
  Cecilia 
  Sturt, 
  daughter 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Neville 
  Sturt, 
  who 
  received 
  

   tlie 
  type 
  direct 
  from 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Townsend 
  in 
  1904-5. 
  

  

  158. 
  Baphnella 
  dea, 
  Melv, 
  

  

  Baphnella 
  dea, 
  Melvill, 
  Proc. 
  Malac. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  vol. 
  vi, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  167, 
  

   pi. 
  x, 
  f. 
  24. 
  

  

  P.G. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  lat. 
  24° 
  58' 
  N., 
  long. 
  56° 
  54', 
  156 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  Resembling 
  D. 
  thia, 
  Melv. 
  & 
  St., 
  but 
  far 
  finer 
  in 
  its 
  cancellations, 
  

   a 
  species 
  hardly 
  to 
  be 
  excelled 
  in 
  that 
  particular, 
  bearing 
  all 
  the 
  

   characteristics 
  of 
  an 
  abysmal 
  form. 
  

  

  159. 
  D.aphnella. 
  EUPHRosYifE, 
  Melv. 
  & 
  St. 
  

  

  Baphnella 
  euphrosyne, 
  Melvill 
  & 
  St 
  mden, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  

   ser. 
  vn, 
  vol. 
  xii, 
  1903, 
  p. 
  318, 
  pi. 
  xxiii, 
  f. 
  12. 
  

  

  P.G. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  lat. 
  24° 
  58' 
  N., 
  long. 
  56° 
  54' 
  E., 
  156 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  Nearest 
  to 
  D. 
  subnla, 
  Reeve, 
  also 
  occurring 
  in 
  these 
  seas. 
  It 
  is, 
  

   however, 
  pure 
  white 
  tliroughout, 
  with 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  sutural 
  orange- 
  

   brown 
  maoulation 
  of 
  the 
  kindred 
  species 
  ; 
  the 
  sculpture, 
  however. 
  

  

  