﻿BucciNUM. 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  295 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  originally 
  given 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  by 
  Kiener 
  had 
  

   been 
  preoccupied 
  by 
  Brocchi 
  in 
  1814 
  for 
  a 
  fossil 
  species. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Probably 
  below 
  extreme 
  low 
  water 
  mark. 
  Our 
  

   specimens 
  were 
  collected 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  mark, 
  

   where 
  they 
  were 
  occupied 
  by 
  hermit 
  crabs. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  The 
  South 
  Sea, 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  California 
  ; 
  Edoux 
  I 
  

   Kiener. 
  

   Seas 
  of 
  California 
  ; 
  Deshayes, 
  

   St. 
  Elena; 
  [? 
  Cuming!] 
  Reeve. 
  

   Mazatlan 
  ; 
  Melchers 
  ! 
  Menke. 
  

   San 
  Bias 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  L. 
  Burtt, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  ! 
  Mus. 
  Acad. 
  

  

  Nat. 
  Sc. 
  Philadelphia. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

  

  The 
  California 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  authors 
  is 
  probably 
  Lower 
  

   California. 
  On 
  the 
  reef 
  at 
  Panama, 
  we 
  obtained 
  1 
  perfect 
  

   specimen, 
  which 
  is 
  21 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  5 
  others 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   imperfect. 
  In 
  two 
  large 
  old 
  shells 
  the 
  labrura 
  is 
  much 
  thick- 
  

   ened 
  but 
  not 
  deeply 
  serrated. 
  A 
  magnificent 
  specimen 
  has 
  

   been 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sc. 
  Phil, 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Burtt, 
  who 
  

   found 
  it 
  at 
  San 
  Bias 
  : 
  it 
  is 
  3| 
  in. 
  long. 
  

  

  63. 
  BiiccinuiBi 
  rin^ens. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Buccinum 
  ringens 
  Reeve 
  (non 
  Phil.) 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  7. 
  

  

  f. 
  45. 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  Dec. 
  1846. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Zeitschr. 
  Malak, 
  1851, 
  p. 
  59, 
  Dr. 
  Phillippi 
  has 
  in- 
  

   advertently 
  repeated 
  this 
  name 
  for 
  another 
  species. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  rocks 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Reeve. 
  

   "We 
  found 
  this 
  species 
  chiefly 
  under 
  stones 
  about 
  

   the 
  low 
  water 
  mark 
  of 
  neap 
  tides. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Panama 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Reeve. 
  

  

  