﻿COLUMBBLLA. 
  Panwnm 
  'Shdls. 
  307 
  

  

  "We 
  were 
  indebted' 
  to 
  the 
  liermit 
  erabs 
  for 
  36 
  specimens, 
  wbich 
  

   were 
  taken, 
  in' 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  perfect 
  state 
  of 
  preservation, 
  about 
  

   two 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Panama. 
  ' 
  

  

  79. 
  Colunibella 
  BoiTinii. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  , 
  ; 
  

  

  Columbella 
  Boivinii 
  Kiener 
  Iconog. 
  p. 
  47, 
  pi. 
  11. 
  f. 
  1. 
  

   Duel, 
  in 
  Chenu, 
  111. 
  Conch, 
  pi. 
  21. 
  

  

  f. 
  19, 
  20. 
  - 
  - 
  . 
  := 
  ; 
  ,ili-7,;,,...u-- 
  ^^^^' 
  

   Sowb.Thes.Cpnch.p,126.No.W3,..„. 
  .' 
  _, 
  

  

  pi. 
  38. 
  f. 
  100. 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  1844. 
  

  

  Desb. 
  in 
  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  10. 
  

  

  ,;; 
  ,2.81.'^o*ji28.K5 
  5fi?fnOH 
  > 
  1844. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  We 
  found 
  these 
  mpllusks 
  between 
  half 
  and 
  three 
  

   quarters 
  tide, 
  in 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  water 
  left 
  by 
  the 
  ebbing 
  tide 
  in 
  

   cavities 
  of 
  the 
  rocks. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Unknown 
  ; 
  ' 
  Kiener. 
  .^ 
  

  

  (Grulf 
  of 
  Nicoya; 
  Hinds 
  1 
  Sowerby. 
  

  

  Gulf 
  of 
  iNicoya 
  ; 
  Deshayes 
  ; 
  also 
  Jay,- 
  — 
  — 
  - 
  

  

  Panama 
  and 
  Taboga 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   Our 
  specimens 
  T^ere 
  obtaihed 
  chiefly 
  oh 
  the 
  roCks 
  iirfront 
  of 
  

   the 
  fortifications 
  in 
  the 
  sea 
  wall, 
  of 
  Panama. 
  Immature 
  indivi- 
  

   duals 
  were 
  quite 
  numerous, 
  but 
  only 
  60 
  adult 
  specimens 
  were 
  

   taken 
  alive. 
  

  

  ^^^ 
  Columbella 
  cpiispicua« 
  Ifov.^p..,,, 
  

  

  )-'AJ 
  

  

  Shell 
  ovate^cdhic: 
  with 
  a 
  broaS 
  white' 
  Spiral 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  

   convexity 
  of 
  the 
  whorls, 
  on*each 
  ^i(3:e 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  brokd 
  band 
  

   of 
  brownish 
  orange; 
  anteriorly 
  white 
  with 
  irregular 
  brown 
  

   spots 
  ; 
  with 
  deep 
  broHvn 
  spots 
  near 
  the 
  summits 
  of 
  the 
  alternate 
  

   ridges; 
  with, 
  on 
  each" 
  whorl, 
  nine 
  very 
  prominent 
  obtuse 
  trails- 
  

   verse 
  ridges, 
  which 
  ate 
  obsolete 
  at^ 
  the' 
  dipper 
  part-of 
  the 
  whorls; 
  

   with 
  Coarse 
  spiral 
  stria?, 
  'which 
  traverse 
  the 
  ridges 
  except 
  at 
  

   the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  most 
  prominent 
  part 
  : 
  apex 
  'duba- 
  

  

  