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  Panama 
  Shells. 
  purpurid^. 
  

  

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

   Sowb. 
  Thes. 
  Conch, 
  p. 
  135. 
  No. 
  73. 
  

  

  pi. 
  39. 
  f. 
  137. 
  1844. 
  

  

  Desli. 
  in 
  Lara. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  10. 
  290. 
  

  

  No. 
  44. 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  1844. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  coarse 
  gravel 
  and 
  ^andy 
  mud, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  10 
  

   fathoms 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Sowerby. 
  

  

  Hahitat. 
  — 
  Bay 
  of 
  Montija 
  and 
  St. 
  Elena, 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Sowerby. 
  

   Central 
  America 
  ; 
  Deshayes. 
  

   St. 
  Elena 
  ; 
  Jay. 
  

   Panama; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

  

  We 
  were 
  indebted 
  to 
  a 
  hermit 
  crab 
  for 
  one 
  specimen. 
  

  

  105. 
  Colunibella 
  varia. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Columhella 
  varia 
  Sowb. 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc, 
  Lond. 
  p. 
  116. 
  June 
  1832. 
  

  

  Miill. 
  Synop. 
  Nov. 
  Test. 
  Viv. 
  p. 
  86. 
  1836. 
  

  

  Sowb. 
  Thes. 
  Conch, 
  p. 
  180. 
  No. 
  54. 
  

  

  pi. 
  39. 
  f. 
  116-7. 
  1844. 
  

  

  Desh. 
  in 
  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  X. 
  282. 
  

  

  No. 
  31. 
  1844. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Under 
  stones 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Sowerby 
  : 
  also 
  Miiller. 
  

   Under 
  stones 
  ; 
  Deshayes. 
  

  

  We 
  found 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  situation 
  near 
  low 
  water 
  

   mark. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Panama 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Sowerby 
  : 
  also 
  Miiller. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  Deshayes 
  : 
  also 
  Jay. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   We 
  collected 
  about 
  380 
  specimens 
  on 
  the 
  reef. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  when 
  deprived 
  of 
  the 
  epidermis, 
  presents 
  in 
  

   a 
  full 
  suite 
  of 
  specimens 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  shades 
  of 
  brown, 
  

   from 
  orange 
  to 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  beautifully 
  

   variegated 
  with 
  spots, 
  and 
  a 
  spiral 
  band 
  of 
  pure 
  white. 
  

  

  