﻿344 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  MURICID.E. 
  

  

  « 
  

  

  Mazatlan 
  ; 
  Melchers 
  ! 
  Menke. 
  

  

  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   Mr. 
  Sowerbj's 
  statement 
  of 
  habitat, 
  'in 
  the 
  Proc. 
  Z. 
  S., 
  is 
  

   not 
  intelligible. 
  We 
  found 
  two 
  specimens 
  occupied 
  by 
  hermit 
  

   crabs. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  shells 
  is 
  perfect 
  and 
  very 
  elegant. 
  

  

  134. 
  Ranella 
  iiitida. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Ranella 
  nitida 
  Brod. 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  p. 
  179. 
  Oct. 
  1832. 
  

  

  Miill. 
  Synop. 
  Nov. 
  Test. 
  Viv. 
  p. 
  99. 
  May 
  1836. 
  

  

  Sowb. 
  Conch. 
  111. 
  No. 
  4. 
  pi. 
  84. 
  f. 
  4. 
  1841. 
  

  

  Kiener 
  Iconog. 
  p. 
  9. 
  pi. 
  2. 
  f. 
  2. 
  

  

  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  IX. 
  557. 
  No. 
  25. 
  

  

  (Desh. 
  ed.) 
  ----- 
  1843. 
  

   Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  III. 
  Pt. 
  2. 
  p. 
  698. 
  

  

  No. 
  25. 
  (Desh. 
  ed. 
  tert.) 
  - 
  - 
  1844. 
  

  

  Reeve 
  Couch. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  8. 
  f. 
  45. 
  July 
  1844. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Under 
  stones 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Broderip. 
  Our 
  specimens 
  

   were 
  found 
  under 
  stones 
  near 
  low 
  water 
  mark. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Bay 
  of 
  Caraccas 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Broderip 
  : 
  also 
  Eeeve 
  : 
  

   also 
  Miiller. 
  

  

  Columbia 
  ; 
  Sowerby. 
  

  

  Shores 
  of 
  Columbia 
  ; 
  Kiener. 
  

  

  West 
  Columbia 
  ; 
  Deshayes. 
  

  

  Bay 
  of 
  Caraccas 
  ; 
  Jay. 
  

  

  Panama 
  ; 
  E. 
  Jewett 
  ! 
  Gould 
  MSS. 
  

  

  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   We 
  collected 
  300 
  specimens. 
  

  

  135. 
  Ranella 
  plicata. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

   Ranella 
  plicata 
  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  7. 
  f. 
  33. 
  July 
  1844. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Unknown 
  . 
  

  

  