﻿OLIVA. 
  

  

  Panama 
  Shells. 
  281 
  

  

  41. 
  Oliva 
  volwtelia. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

   OZ^.a.o^«^./?«Lam.mAnn.Mus.XVI.322.No.43 
  - 
  1810 
  

  

  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  VII. 
  432.^No. 
  43. 
  Ang. 
  1822 
  

  

  Swains. 
  Zool. 
  111. 
  2nd 
  ser. 
  pi. 
  40. 
  f. 
  1. 
  

  

  - 
  coirtdea 
  Wood 
  Ind. 
  Test. 
  supp. 
  pi. 
  4. 
  f. 
  36 
  

  

  - 
  volutella 
  Valenc.inHunab. 
  Rec. 
  Obs. 
  II. 
  334 
  

   - 
  Duel. 
  Mon. 
  Oliva. 
  pi. 
  6. 
  f. 
  7-14. 
  

  

  Gray 
  in 
  Beech. 
  Voy. 
  p. 
  131. 
  

  

  Sowb. 
  Man. 
  No. 
  561. 
  f. 
  560. 
  

  

  Duclos 
  in 
  Cbenu 
  111. 
  Conch, 
  pi. 
  7. 
  f. 
  7-14. 
  

  

  Souleyet 
  (?) 
  Voy. 
  Bonite. 
  Moll. 
  pi. 
  45^f. 
  22-24 
  

  

  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  X. 
  623. 
  No. 
  43. 
  Desh. 
  Ed 
  844 
  

  

  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  21. 
  f. 
  54. 
  - 
  Oct. 
  1850 
  

  

  1823. 
  

   1828. 
  

   1833. 
  

   1835. 
  

   1839. 
  

   1839. 
  

   1843. 
  

   1844? 
  

  

  Slation.-^On 
  mud 
  banks 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Reeve. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  we 
  found 
  alive 
  in 
  vast 
  numbers, 
  over 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   tent 
  of 
  many 
  acres, 
  on 
  the 
  sand 
  beach 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Pa- 
  

   nama 
  They 
  were 
  most 
  numerous 
  where 
  the 
  beach 
  had 
  a 
  

   gentle 
  slope, 
  about 
  midway 
  between 
  high 
  and 
  low 
  water 
  mark^ 
  

   Some 
  time 
  after 
  the 
  retreat 
  of 
  the 
  tide 
  they 
  were 
  found 
  

   crawling 
  about 
  with 
  much 
  vivacity 
  on 
  the 
  wet 
  sand. 
  The 
  

   shell, 
  while 
  the 
  animal 
  was 
  moving, 
  was 
  wholly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   the 
  mantle, 
  and 
  the 
  mantle 
  was 
  entirely 
  concealed 
  with 
  a 
  

   thick 
  coat 
  of 
  sand. 
  When 
  the 
  first 
  wave 
  of 
  the 
  returmng 
  tide 
  

   struck 
  them, 
  washing 
  off 
  their 
  coats 
  of 
  sand, 
  they 
  instantly 
  

   buried 
  themselves. 
  Frequently, 
  however, 
  I 
  passed 
  over 
  this 
  

   spot 
  without 
  seeing 
  any 
  of 
  them. 
  They 
  were 
  a 
  so 
  found, 
  but 
  

   in 
  less 
  numbers, 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  low 
  water 
  mark 
  of 
  the 
  neap 
  

   tides, 
  on 
  sandy 
  flats 
  near 
  the 
  beach 
  above 
  mentioned. 
  

   Habitat.-^^or.. 
  oi 
  Mexico; 
  Humboldt 
  and 
  Bonpland 
  ! 
  La- 
  

   marck. 
  

   Isthmus; 
  Swainson. 
  

   Unknown; 
  Wood. 
  

  

  28 
  ANN. 
  LYC. 
  NAT. 
  HlfcT. 
  

  

  JUNE, 
  1852. 
  

  

  