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  : 
  MOI.LUSCA 
  OF 
  MAKSASCIliOCCO 
  HARBOUR, 
  MALTA. 
  177 
  

  

  112. 
  Trochis 
  umbilicaris, 
  L. 
  Abundaut, 
  over 
  weedy 
  bottoms 
  at 
  

  

  various 
  deptbs. 
  

  

  113. 
  Trochus 
  varius, 
  L. 
  Frequent, 
  but 
  not 
  common 
  ; 
  found 
  attached 
  

  

  to 
  stones 
  at 
  waterline 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  below. 
  

  

  114. 
  Trochus 
  ardens, 
  von 
  Salis. 
  Most 
  abundant 
  on 
  weedy 
  bottoms 
  at 
  

  

  various 
  depths. 
  

  

  115. 
  Trochus 
  fanulum, 
  (imel. 
  Very 
  rarely 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  dredge 
  from 
  

  

  the 
  same 
  bottoms 
  as 
  the 
  foregoing. 
  

  

  116. 
  Trochus 
  adatisoni, 
  Payr. 
  Frequent 
  but 
  not 
  common, 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  

  

  easily 
  taken 
  during 
  spring, 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  inhabiting 
  weedy 
  

   bottoms 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  4 
  to 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  117. 
  Trochus 
  adriaticiis, 
  Phil. 
  Found 
  together 
  with 
  T. 
  adansom'i, 
  

  

  but 
  it 
  is 
  mucli 
  scarcer. 
  

  

  118. 
  Trochus 
  nivosus, 
  A. 
  Adams. 
  Living 
  specimens 
  are 
  very 
  seldom 
  

  

  met 
  with 
  in 
  this 
  harbour 
  ; 
  dead 
  ones 
  are, 
  however, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   frequently 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  sand 
  between 
  the 
  boulders 
  of 
  Wied 
  il 
  

   Buui. 
  

  

  119. 
  Trochus 
  dicaricatus, 
  L. 
  Common 
  on 
  many 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  rocky 
  

  

  coast, 
  generally 
  found 
  attached 
  to 
  stones 
  about 
  waterline. 
  

  

  120. 
  Trochus 
  conulus, 
  L. 
  One 
  live 
  specimen 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  dredge 
  

  

  from 
  a 
  weedy 
  bottom 
  about 
  3 
  fathoms 
  deep. 
  

  

  122. 
  Trochis 
  laugeri, 
  Payr. 
  Very 
  common 
  on 
  weedy 
  and 
  rocky 
  

  

  bottoms 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  2 
  to 
  10 
  fathoms 
  or 
  more. 
  

  

  123. 
  Trochus 
  matonii, 
  Payr. 
  Abundant, 
  taken 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  foregoing. 
  

  

  124. 
  Trochus 
  striatus, 
  L. 
  Not 
  so 
  common 
  as 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  with 
  

  

  which 
  it 
  is 
  always 
  taken. 
  

  

  126. 
  Clanculus 
  corallimis, 
  Gmel. 
  Rare, 
  the 
  specimens 
  taken 
  are 
  

  

  generally 
  dead. 
  

  

  127. 
  Clanculus 
  cruciutus, 
  L. 
  Not 
  very 
  common, 
  generally 
  found 
  on 
  

  

  weedy 
  and 
  rocky 
  bottoms 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  2 
  to 
  10 
  fathoms 
  or 
  

   more. 
  

  

  128. 
  Clanculus 
  jussieui, 
  Payr. 
  Common 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  bottoms 
  and 
  at 
  

  

  the 
  same 
  depths 
  as 
  the 
  foregoing. 
  

  

  129. 
  Phasianella 
  puUa. 
  L. 
  Frequent, 
  alive 
  on 
  weedy 
  and 
  rocky 
  

  

  bottoms 
  at 
  various 
  depths, 
  dead 
  specimens 
  are 
  commonly 
  

   found 
  with 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  shingle. 
  

  

  130. 
  Phasianella 
  speciosa, 
  Muhlf. 
  , 
  Very 
  abundant, 
  especially 
  on 
  

  

  weedy 
  bottoms 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  2 
  to 
  10 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  131. 
  Turho 
  ruf/osus, 
  L. 
  Occasionally 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  dredge 
  from 
  

  

  weedy 
  bottoms 
  at 
  various 
  depths. 
  

  

  132. 
  Turbo 
  sanguineus, 
  L. 
  Few 
  dead 
  specimens 
  found 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  sand 
  and 
  shingle 
  at 
  Pirzebbugia. 
  

  

  133. 
  Fossarus 
  amhiguus, 
  L. 
  Two 
  or 
  throe 
  specimens 
  found 
  with 
  

  

  the 
  shingle 
  at 
  Birzebbugia. 
  

  

  134. 
  Fossarus 
  costatus, 
  Brocc. 
  Few 
  very 
  worn 
  specimens 
  found 
  

  

  together 
  with 
  the 
  foregoing. 
  

  

  135. 
  Littorina 
  neritoides, 
  L. 
  Spread 
  in 
  great 
  profusion 
  almost 
  all 
  

  

  along 
  the 
  rocky 
  coast, 
  and 
  usually 
  extends 
  to 
  some 
  distance 
  

   above 
  waterline. 
  

  

  