300 Zoological Society. 



Genus Triomphalia*. 



Char. Gen. — MoUuscum acephalum terebrans. Testa bivalvis, setate 

 juniore hians, aetate matura clausa. Valvee inaequales ; utraque an- 

 tice lamina testacea inflata ad marginem ventralem affixa, intern^ 

 cardine unidentato, sine processu subcardinali. Valva dextra postice 

 alteram longitudine superans. Valva sinistra alteram involvens, ad 

 dorsum nucleo quasi-umbonali incipiens. 



The shells of this genus, when mature, have the ventral hiatus closed 

 by an expanded test fixed to the edge of each valve ; that of the left 

 valve commences at the back, in a nucleus resembling an extra umbo, 

 and in front overwrapping that of the other. The right valve, on 

 the other hand, materially exceeds in length, at the posterior extre- 

 mity, the other valve, which terminates very abruptly. The hinge is 

 without sub-umbonal processes, but has an obtuse tooth on the hinge 

 in each valve. 



The name is taken from the nucleus of the covering-test in the 

 right valve, which forms, as it were, a third umbo. The typical spe- 

 cies is the Pholas globosa of Quoy. 



Triomphalia globosa. (Pholas globosa, Quoy.) TV. testd sub- 

 ovali, postice subattenuatd, antich globosa; valvis transverse 

 dimidiatis, parte posticd concentrice lyratd ; in medio costd im- 

 bricatd unicd, parte anticd lyratd, radiatim costis acuth imbri- 

 catis ornatd : valvd dextrd productd sublinguiformi, dentibus 

 acutis recurvis serratd : nucleo lamince terminalis valvee sinistrce 

 triangularly striatd, subcomplanatd. 



Found in soft stone, at half-tide. Island of Leyte ; Cuming. 



Triomphalia pulcherrima. TV. testd subovali ventricosd, 



antice globosd, corrugatd, antice subattenuatd ; valvis transversa 



dimidiatis, parte posticd costis distantibus concentric^ lyratd, 



parte anticd lineis lyratd, margine dentibus acutis crispatis 



serratd : nucleo lamince terminalis valvee sinistrce subtriangulari, 



rotundo, lineis elevatis lyrato. 



This species is much larger than TV. globosa, the ventral covering 



much more rough and inflated, the concentric ribs on the posterior 



part of the valves more strongly defined, and not crossed by the oblique 



row of raised points which is seen in the former species. 



Found in soft stone at low water at West Colombia ; Cuming. 



Triomphalia Cumingii. TV. testd rotundd, crassd ; valvis 

 postice canali divisis, concentrich lineis elevatis lyratis, antice 

 costis minutis serratis radiatis ; parte posticd concentrice lami- 

 natd; valvd dextrd postich in lingulam triangularem margine 

 triplicatam productd ; valvd sinistrd postich brevissimd margine 

 terminali circulari. 

 This shell would be completely spherical but for the linguiform ex- 

 tension of the right valve. The left valve terminates in a circular mar- 

 gin, where the rounded part of the right valve meets it. 



♦ Tpels, tres\ 6fii)>a\bf:, umbo. 



