﻿PUKPURA. 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  301 
  

  

  wliicli 
  the 
  upper 
  one 
  is 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  whorls 
  of 
  the 
  

   spire, 
  and 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  anterior 
  one 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  developed 
  ; 
  

   with 
  the 
  intersections 
  prominent 
  ; 
  with 
  rather 
  fine 
  spiral 
  strias 
  : 
  

   apex 
  acute 
  : 
  whorls 
  six, 
  concave 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  keel, 
  with 
  

   the 
  suture 
  indistinct: 
  aperture 
  long 
  ovate, 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  

   short 
  canal: 
  labrum 
  rather 
  thin, 
  scalloped 
  by 
  the 
  keels 
  and 
  

   finely 
  serrated 
  by 
  the 
  stride. 
  

  

  Mean 
  divergence 
  about 
  70° 
  ; 
  length, 
  .43 
  inch 
  ; 
  breadth, 
  

   .28 
  inch. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Under 
  stones, 
  near 
  low 
  water 
  mark. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

  

  3 
  specimens 
  were 
  obtained. 
  

  

  71. 
  Purpura 
  kio§quiroriuis. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Purpura 
  kiosquiformis 
  Duel, 
  in 
  Ann. 
  des 
  Sc. 
  Nat. 
  XXVI. 
  

  

  107. 
  pi. 
  1. 
  f. 
  5. 
  May 
  1832. 
  

  

  Kiener 
  Iconogr. 
  p. 
  59. 
  pi. 
  15. 
  f. 
  

  

  40. 
  (Optinie.) 
  

  

  Desh. 
  in 
  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  X. 
  

  

  p. 
  96. 
  No. 
  60. 
  1844. 
  

  

  Souleyet 
  (?) 
  Voy. 
  Bonite. 
  Moll. 
  pi. 
  

  

  39. 
  f. 
  23-25. 
  ------ 
  1844 
  ? 
  

  

  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon.pl. 
  Y.f. 
  31. 
  var. 
  Aug. 
  1846- 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Gray 
  Moll. 
  pi. 
  87 
  a. 
  f. 
  6. 
  soft 
  

  

  parts 
  1850. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  On 
  rocky 
  places 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Eeeve. 
  

  

  We 
  found 
  this 
  species 
  abundantly 
  from 
  half 
  tide 
  nearly 
  up 
  to 
  

   the 
  high 
  water 
  mark 
  of 
  neap 
  tides, 
  on 
  rocks, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  trunks 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  trees, 
  which 
  were 
  

   growing 
  from 
  a 
  stony 
  bottom. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Seas 
  of 
  New 
  Holland 
  ; 
  Duclos 
  ; 
  also 
  Kiener. 
  

  

  Seas 
  of 
  New 
  Holland, 
  according 
  to 
  Kiener 
  ; 
  De- 
  

   shayes. 
  

  

  