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A YEAR IN BRAZIL. 



SHELLS (Mollusca). 



List of shells collected in a short ramble by the Bay of Bota- 

 fogo, Rio de Janeiro. 



I am indebted to the kindness of J. Cosmo Melvill, Esq. 

 F.L.S., for naming the specimens. 



The classification is from Paetel's "Conchylien Sammlung," 

 1883 ; from H. and A. Adam's " Manual of Mollusca," 1858 ; and 

 from G. P. Woodward's "Manual of the Mollusca," 1880. 



Class GASTEROPODA. 

 Order PROSOBRANCHIATA, M. Edw, 



Family MURICID,E. 

 Murex, Linn. 



Salleanus,* A. Ad. 



sp." 

 Triton, Lam. 



vestitus, Lam. 



Fam. BUCCINID.'E. 

 Purpura, Lam. 



biserialis, Elaine. 

 deltoides (?),* Linn. 



Fam. NATICIDJ-E. 

 Natica, Lam. 



dubia, Ruhy. 

 ruficollis, Reeve. 



Fam. CERITHIADVE. 

 Cerithium, Brug. 



semi-ferrugineum, Lam. 

 striatissimum, Sowb. 



Fam. CALYPTR^ID^E. 

 Crepidula, Lam. 

 aculeata, Gmel. 

 hystrix, Brod. ( = aculeata j8). 

 plana, Linn. 



Fam. TURBINID^;. 

 Omphalius, Phil. 

 brasilianus, Mke. 



Fam. FISSURELLID^E. 

 Fissurella. 

 sp.* 



Fam. PATELLID^E. 

 Patelloida, Quay. 



subrugosa, D'Orb. 



[Order PULMONIFERA. 



Fam. HELICID^. 

 Bulimus, Scop. 



oblongus, Miil. ( = hsemastoma, Amt.). 



This shell is very common everywhere in Minas Geraes, but I 

 never found it with the mollusc inside. Mr. H. W. Bates says 

 that " the land molluscs are the only animals which sestivate ; they 

 * Much worn. 



