﻿STROMBUS. 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  837 
  

  

  La 
  Paz 
  ; 
  Lt. 
  Green 
  ! 
  Gould 
  MSS. 
  ; 
  also 
  Mus. 
  

   Essex 
  Inst. 
  

  

  Taboga; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A.! 
  

   We 
  obtained 
  only 
  1 
  dead, 
  but 
  nearly 
  perfect 
  specimen. 
  Mr. 
  

   Reeve's 
  statement 
  is 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  a 
  common 
  ambiguity. 
  The 
  

   phraseology 
  implies 
  that 
  St. 
  Elena 
  and 
  Panama 
  are 
  in 
  Central 
  

   America 
  ; 
  but 
  neither 
  place 
  being 
  in 
  that 
  countrj^, 
  the 
  question 
  

   arises, 
  whether 
  Central 
  America 
  is 
  named 
  as 
  a 
  third 
  locality. 
  

   Looking 
  over 
  the 
  habitats 
  mentioned 
  by 
  English, 
  and 
  French, 
  

   and 
  German 
  authors, 
  many 
  such 
  examples 
  occur 
  : 
  and 
  in 
  view 
  

   of 
  the 
  acknowledged 
  superiority 
  of 
  Europeans 
  in 
  all 
  depart- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  science, 
  such 
  geography 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  perplexing 
  to 
  

   an 
  American. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  locality 
  Tahiti, 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Jay, 
  can 
  be 
  

   authenticated, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  important 
  fact 
  of 
  distribution. 
  

  

  124. 
  8 
  trombus 
  g^ranulatus. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Slromhus 
  granulatus 
  Swains, 
  in 
  Bligh 
  Catal. 
  App. 
  p. 
  8. 
  May 
  1822. 
  

  

  Wood 
  Ind. 
  Test. 
  Supp. 
  pi. 
  4. 
  f. 
  21. 
  1828. 
  

  

  Swains. 
  Exot. 
  Conch, 
  p. 
  36. 
  (Han- 
  

  

  ley 
  ed.) 
  --------- 
  1841. 
  

  

  Sowb. 
  Tbes. 
  Conch, 
  p. 
  33, 
  No. 
  39. 
  

  

  pi. 
  9. 
  f. 
  100. 
  ------- 
  1842. 
  

  

  Kiener 
  Iconog. 
  p. 
  28, 
  pi. 
  22. 
  f. 
  1. 
  

  

  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  IX. 
  713. 
  No. 
  

  

  37. 
  (Desh. 
  ed.) 
  1843. 
  

  

  Duel 
  OS 
  in 
  Chenu 
  111. 
  Conch, 
  pi. 
  11. 
  

  

  f. 
  5, 
  6. 
  1843. 
  

  

  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  IIL 
  Pt. 
  2. 
  p. 
  

  

  752. 
  No. 
  37. 
  (Desh. 
  ed. 
  tert.) 
  - 
  - 
  1844. 
  

  

  Kiist. 
  Conch. 
  Cab. 
  p. 
  64. 
  pi. 
  13. 
  f. 
  13. 
  1845. 
  

  

  Eeeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  14. 
  f. 
  32. 
  Jan. 
  1851. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  sandy 
  mud 
  at 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  from 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  fathoms 
  ; 
  

   Cuming! 
  Reeve. 
  

  

  