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distributed revolving grooves, with wide interspaces, of which 

 there are thirty or forty on the last whorl ; these are crossed by 

 faint lines of growth. Aperture rounded ovate, outer lip thin, 

 columella arcuated, polished, not thickened ; canal very short 

 and wide. Fasciole none. Length, '9 inch. 



Arctic Ocean. 



The sculpture reminds one of the true Fusus Islandicus, which, 

 however, has a long canal. The epidermis is not perceptible, and 

 "all the specimens were imbedded in lumps of dense spongy 

 growth. 



The above is Mr. DalPs description. 



S. PBODUCTUS, Beck. PL 52, fig, 326, 



Yellowish white under a brownish epidermis, ponderous, aper- 

 ture small and narrow. Length, 41 mill. 



Cape North, Siberia. 

 S. BENZONI, Morch. PI. 52, figs. 327, 328. 



Thick, ponderous, white, covered with obsolete spiral line ; 

 epidermis thin, reddish brown. Length, 32-39 mill. 



Bahia, Brazil. 



/ 



I figure, besides the original in the Jour, de Conchyl., a shell 

 (fig. 328) which Kobelt refers to the same species. The localit3 T 

 is probably an error. 





S. PYGM^US, Gould. PL 52, fig. 330. 



White, under a yellowish epidermis ; animal white. 

 Length, 15-20 mill. 



Connecticut, northward to Newfoundland. 



Mr. Verrill has made for this species a subgenus Neptunella, 

 founded on the peculiarly velvety epidermis and the dentition. 

 The epidermis is, however, no more velvety than in some other 

 species, and the description of the dentition given by Verrill 

 applies very well to that of Siplio Islandicus. 



This species is very like S. gracilis, except that it is much 

 smaller. 



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