48 AURICULID.3E. 





Auricula villosa, Fer. Audouin, Descr. de VEg. xxii. p. 164 ; Coo. 



pi. 2. f. 23. 

 Auricula muricata, Sasso (Beck). 

 Ovatella punctata, Bivon. Nuov. Gen. p. 4. t. 2. f. 12. 

 Melampus Firmini, Loive in Zool. Journ. v. p. 288. 

 Pythia Ferminii, Beck, Ind. p. 104. n. 11. 

 Marinula punctata, H. mid A. Adams in Proc. Z. S. 1854, p. 35. 



n. 7. 

 Marinula Firmini, Pfr. Syn. Auric, n. 64 ; Mon. Auric, p. 63. 

 Marinula (Monica) Firmini, H. and A. Adams, Gen. rec. Moll. 



ii. p. 247. 



Hab. Coasts of Mediterranean Sea ; Dalmatia, Sardinia, Corsica, 

 Sicily, Malta, La Calle, Algiers (Morelet), Egypt. 



The young shells are beset with rows of short hairs. 



7. Marinula ^equalis. 



Shell imperforate, fusiformly ovate, solid, smooth, chestnut- 

 brownish, with indistinct bands or whitish ; spire convexly 

 conic ; apex rather obtuse ; suture linear, somewhat irregular ; 

 whorls seven to eight, flat, the last forming four-sevenths of the 

 total length, attenuated at base ; aperture rather oblique, ellipti- 

 cally ovate; parietal plaits two, almost equal, parallel, com- 

 pressed ; columellar plait smaller, rather twisted ; peristome 

 simple, sharp ; right margin slightly arched ; columellar margin 

 dilated, flattened, adnate. Length 10, breadth 5 mill. 



Melampus pequalis, Loive in Zool. Journ. v. p. 288. pi. 13. f. 1-5. 



Pythia sequalis, Beck, Ind. p. 105. n. 12. 



Cassidula sequalis, 31. E. Gray, Fig. Moll. ^4mwi.iv.p.ll8.pl.305. 



f. 3. 

 Marinula sequalis, H. and A. Adams in Proc. Z. S. 1854, p. 35. 



n. 8. 



Pfr. Syn. Auric, n. 65 ; Mon. Auric, p. 64. 

 Marinula (Monica) sequalis, H. and A. Adams, Gen. rec. Moll. ii. 



p. 246. pi. 83. f. 2. 

 Auricula sequalis, Loive in Proc. Z. S. 1854, p. 217. 



Hab. North coast of Madeira. 



8. Marinula gracilis. 



Shell slender, narrow, elongately ovate, pointed, smooth ; 

 whorls seven and a half, flat, equally enlarging; spire pro- 

 duced, exserted, longer than the aperture ; columella three- 

 plaited, the median plait being larger ; labrum simple. Length 

 i, breadth | inch (Lowe). 



Melampus gracilis, Lowe in Zool. Journ. v. p. 288. 



