﻿TRITON. 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  339 
  

  

  Shores 
  of 
  Peru 
  ; 
  Kiener 
  : 
  also 
  Deshayes. 
  

   "Le 
  Perou 
  et 
  je 
  crois 
  la 
  mer 
  Rouge 
  ;" 
  Duclos. 
  

   Bay 
  of 
  Caraccas 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Reeve. 
  

   Peru; 
  Jay. 
  

   Taboga 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   We 
  collected 
  24 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Notwithstanding 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  Duclos, 
  we 
  are 
  very 
  sceptical 
  

   of 
  the 
  identity 
  of 
  any 
  Red 
  Sea 
  species 
  with 
  those 
  species 
  which 
  

   inhabit 
  this 
  continent. 
  

  

  Family— 
  MURICID^. 
  

   126. 
  Triton 
  Cliemnitzii. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Argo-hucclnum 
  nodosum 
  Cbem. 
  Concli. 
  Cab. 
  IV. 
  98. 
  pi. 
  

  

  131. 
  f. 
  1255-6. 
  1780. 
  

  

  Murex 
  argus 
  var. 
  f3 
  pars. 
  Gmel. 
  in 
  Linn. 
  Syst. 
  3547. 
  No. 
  78. 
  1788. 
  

  

  Triton 
  Chemnitzii 
  Gray 
  in 
  Zool. 
  Beech. 
  Voy. 
  p. 
  110. 
  1839. 
  

  

  Fusus 
  Wiegmanni 
  Anton 
  Verzeich. 
  p. 
  77. 
  1839. 
  

  

  Cassidaria 
  setosa 
  Hinds 
  teste 
  Reeve. 
  

  

  Triton 
  Chemnitzii 
  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  11. 
  f. 
  37. 
  May 
  1844. 
  

  

  Fusus 
  Wiegmanni 
  Phil. 
  Abbild. 
  II. 
  pi. 
  2. 
  f. 
  2. 
  4. 
  var. 
  1845. 
  

  

  Triton 
  perforatus 
  Con. 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  So. 
  Phil. 
  

  

  IV. 
  156. 
  Feb. 
  1849. 
  

  

  Con. 
  in 
  Journ. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sc. 
  Phih 
  

  

  new 
  ser. 
  I. 
  280. 
  pi. 
  39. 
  f. 
  6. 
  var. 
  1849. 
  

  

  nodosum 
  Mke. 
  in 
  Zeitschr. 
  Malak. 
  p. 
  189. 
  1850. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  sandy 
  mud, 
  at 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  6 
  fathoms 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  

   Reeve. 
  

  

  We 
  found 
  this 
  species 
  under 
  stones 
  at 
  extreme 
  low 
  water 
  mark. 
  

   Hahitat. 
  — 
  Panama 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Reeve, 
  

  

  Panama 
  ; 
  Philippi 
  : 
  also 
  Jay. 
  

  

  Lower 
  California 
  or 
  Peru 
  ; 
  Conrad. 
  

  

  Mazatlan 
  ; 
  Melchers 
  ! 
  Menke. 
  

  

  Panama, 
  and 
  Taboga 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   We 
  collected 
  9 
  specimens. 
  

  

  