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  Panama 
  Shells. 
  MURICIDJ5. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   2 
  specimens 
  were 
  found. 
  

  

  196. 
  Cerithitmi 
  faiuelicum. 
  Nov. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Shell 
  long, 
  ovate 
  conic 
  : 
  dingy 
  white, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  profusely 
  

   mottled 
  with 
  irregular 
  brown 
  spots, 
  which 
  are 
  divided 
  by 
  fine 
  

   white 
  spiral 
  lines 
  ; 
  or 
  nearly 
  covered 
  with 
  fine 
  alternating 
  white 
  

   and 
  brown 
  lines 
  : 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  spiral 
  ridge 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  whorls, 
  crossing 
  transverse 
  obtuse 
  ridges, 
  with 
  very 
  promi- 
  

   nent 
  acute 
  intersections 
  ; 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  whorls 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  granulous; 
  anteriorly 
  with 
  two 
  more 
  granulous 
  

   spiral 
  ridges 
  ; 
  surface 
  covered 
  with 
  fine 
  spiral 
  striae 
  : 
  apex 
  acute 
  : 
  

   spire 
  with 
  the 
  outlines 
  slightly 
  curvilinear 
  : 
  whorls 
  twelve, 
  

   moderately 
  convex, 
  with 
  the 
  suture 
  lightly 
  impressed 
  ; 
  last 
  

   whorl 
  short, 
  gibbous 
  on 
  the 
  left, 
  with 
  an 
  anterior 
  concave 
  area 
  : 
  

   aperture 
  large, 
  obliquely 
  elliptical 
  : 
  labrum 
  advanced 
  in 
  the 
  

   lower 
  half: 
  labium 
  with 
  a 
  moderately 
  thick 
  deposit 
  and 
  a 
  stout 
  

   transverse 
  plait 
  above 
  : 
  canal 
  short, 
  oblique. 
  

  

  Mean 
  divergence 
  about 
  33° 
  ; 
  length 
  1.13 
  inch 
  ; 
  breadth 
  .5 
  

   inch 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  spire 
  .75 
  inch. 
  

  

  In 
  color 
  and 
  sculpture 
  only, 
  this 
  shell 
  has 
  some 
  resemblance 
  

   to 
  G. 
  maculosum 
  Kr. 
  (0. 
  adustum 
  of 
  Kr.'s 
  plate.) 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Habitat.— 
  Tahoga, 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

  

  17 
  specimens 
  were 
  collected. 
  

  

  197. 
  Cerithium 
  ^eminatum. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Cerithium 
  gemmatum 
  Hinds 
  Voy. 
  Sulph. 
  Moll. 
  pi. 
  11. 
  f, 
  5. 
  6. 
  1844, 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Sandy 
  mud, 
  in 
  from 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  to 
  7 
  fathoms 
  or 
  

   upwards; 
  Hinds! 
  

  

  