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  Panama 
  Shells. 
  PURPURID^. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Common 
  at 
  Panama, 
  St, 
  Elena, 
  and 
  Monte 
  Cliristi 
  ; 
  

   Cuming 
  ! 
  Sowerby 
  ; 
  also 
  Miiller. 
  

   Shores 
  of 
  San 
  Bias 
  ; 
  Kiener. 
  

   Acapulco 
  ; 
  Lesson. 
  

  

  Panama, 
  St. 
  Elena, 
  and 
  Monte 
  Christ! 
  ; 
  Deshayes. 
  

   Mazatlan; 
  Melchers! 
  Menke. 
  

   Panama; 
  Jay. 
  

   Taboga 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   At 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  our 
  excursion 
  to 
  Panama, 
  specimens 
  were 
  

   scarce. 
  We 
  obtained 
  only 
  4 
  living 
  and 
  2 
  dead 
  shells. 
  One 
  of 
  

   these, 
  although 
  mature, 
  is 
  only 
  .33 
  inch 
  long. 
  

  

  87. 
  Colunibella 
  g^ibberiila. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Columbella 
  gihherula 
  Sowb. 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  

  

  p. 
  115. 
  -------- 
  June. 
  1832. 
  

  

  Miill. 
  Synop. 
  Nov. 
  Test. 
  Viv. 
  p. 
  83. 
  1836. 
  

  

  Duel, 
  in 
  Chenu 
  111. 
  Conch, 
  pi. 
  12. 
  

  

  f. 
  5, 
  6. 
  1843. 
  

  

  Kiener 
  Iconog. 
  p. 
  44. 
  pi. 
  15. 
  f. 
  3. 
  

  

  Sowb. 
  Thes. 
  Conch, 
  p. 
  136. 
  No. 
  

  

  136. 
  pi. 
  39. 
  f. 
  142-3. 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  1844. 
  

   Desli. 
  in 
  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  X. 
  

  

  292. 
  No. 
  47. 
  1844. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  sandy 
  mud, 
  at 
  11 
  fathoms 
  depth 
  ; 
  Cuming! 
  

  

  Sowerby. 
  

   Habitat. 
  — 
  Bay 
  of 
  Caraccas, 
  and 
  Puerto 
  Portrero 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  

  

  Sowerby 
  ; 
  also 
  Miiller. 
  

  

  Shores 
  of 
  Chili 
  ; 
  Kiener. 
  

  

  Shores 
  of 
  Southern 
  and 
  Central 
  America 
  ; 
  Deshayes. 
  

  

  Central 
  America 
  ; 
  Jay. 
  

  

  Taboga; 
  E. 
  Jewettl 
  Gould 
  MSS. 
  

  

  Taboga 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   "We 
  found 
  7 
  specimens 
  occupied 
  by 
  hermit 
  crabs 
  in 
  a 
  perfo- 
  

   rated 
  log. 
  The 
  northern 
  boundary 
  of 
  Chili 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  extreme 
  

  

  