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  Panama 
  Shells. 
  

  

  PURPURID^. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Salango, 
  West 
  Columbia 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Reeve. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  I 
  

   We 
  obtained 
  a 
  few 
  speoiiiiens, 
  which 
  were 
  occupied 
  by 
  

   hermit 
  crabs, 
  on 
  the 
  reef 
  at 
  Panama, 
  near 
  low 
  water 
  mark. 
  

   In 
  the 
  fruit 
  shanty 
  we 
  purchased 
  175 
  specimens, 
  which 
  ap- 
  

   peared 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  alive. 
  

  

  38. 
  ©Mva 
  testacea. 
  

  

  iiynonymy. 
  

  

  Oliva 
  ^-stecea 
  Lam. 
  in 
  Ann. 
  Mus. 
  XVI. 
  324. 
  No. 
  51. 
  - 
  1810. 
  

  

  ■ 
  Lain. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  VIL 
  435. 
  No. 
  51. 
  Aug. 
  1822. 
  

  

  Valen. 
  in 
  Hurab. 
  R; 
  c. 
  Ubs. 
  IL 
  334. 
  - 
  1833. 
  

  

  Duclus 
  in 
  Ciienu 
  Conch. 
  111. 
  pi. 
  3. 
  f. 
  17. 
  18. 
  (f. 
  19. 
  

  

  20. 
  e.xcl.) 
  ----- 
  1843. 
  

  

  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  X. 
  627. 
  No. 
  51. 
  Desh. 
  Ed. 
  1844. 
  

  

  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  18. 
  f. 
  36. 
  - 
  Sept. 
  1850. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  sandy 
  mud 
  at 
  a 
  depih 
  of 
  about 
  6 
  fathoms; 
  Cu- 
  

   ming 
  I 
  Reeve. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  -The 
  South 
  iSea, 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Mexico 
  ; 
  Humboldt 
  

   and 
  Bonpland 
  I 
  Lamnrck. 
  

  

  Acapuleo 
  ; 
  Humboldt 
  and 
  Bonpland 
  ! 
  Valen- 
  

   ciennes. 
  

  

  Mexico 
  and 
  California 
  ; 
  Duclos. 
  

  

  Mazatlan 
  ; 
  Melehers 
  ! 
  Menke. 
  

  

  Panama 
  ; 
  Jay. 
  

  

  Real 
  Llejos, 
  Mexico; 
  Cuming! 
  Reeve. 
  

  

  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   Duclos 
  says, 
  " 
  Habite 
  le 
  Mexique 
  pour 
  sa 
  plus 
  grande 
  

   taille, 
  la 
  Californie 
  pour 
  sa 
  plus 
  pet'te, 
  et 
  la 
  Nouvelle 
  Hollande 
  

   pour 
  la 
  varieie 
  blanche." 
  The 
  variety 
  (f. 
  19. 
  20.) 
  is 
  evidently 
  

   a 
  distinct 
  species. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Reeve's 
  punctuation 
  seems 
  to 
  imply 
  

   that 
  Real 
  Llejos 
  is 
  in 
  Mexico, 
  but 
  since 
  Real 
  Llejos 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  

   Mexico, 
  the 
  latter 
  must 
  be 
  another 
  habitat 
  on 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Cuming, 
  unless 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  has 
  fallen 
  into 
  a 
  geographical 
  

   error. 
  

  

  