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LIST OF SHELLS COLLECTED AT ADEN IN 1892—95, 

 CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 

 PAETEL CATALOGUE. 

 By Commandee E. R. Shopland, R.I.M. 

 (Read before the Bombay Natural History Society, 14th January f 1896.) 



G. and S. Names. 



Argonauta tuberculosa, 



lanthina fragilis 

 Murex auguliferus 



carboneri 



„ clavus... 



,, cyclostomia ... 

 „ fenestrata 



„ haustellum 



„ ramosus 



„ rota ... 



„ secundum 



„ ternispina 

 ,, varicosus 

 Pyrula ficus ... 



„ ficoides 

 „ melougina-p a ■ 

 radisiaca. 

 Pisania orosseanus 



„_ ignea ... 

 Pollia contracta 



Author. Habitat 



Lk. 



Jouss. 



Kein, 



Sowb. 

 Chem. 



Sowb. 



Lk. 



Sowb. 

 L. 



Lk. 



Sowb. 



Gmel. 



Eve. 



Kemarks. 



Aden. 



Drifted on shore off Sk. 

 Otliman. Rare 



! Do. do. Plentiful 



Plentiful at low water on 

 mud flats. 



Dredged in 5 fathoms in har- 

 bour. Adult large speci- 

 mens rare. 



Wn. Shore, Sk. Othman, 

 among coral brought for 



lime. 



Yery rare 



Only 2 small specimens, Isth- 



' mus mud flats. 



Dredged in 5 fathoms and on 



mud flats. 

 On mud flats of Maala. 



Plentiful 

 Among coral, Sk- Othman. 



Very rare 

 Only one dead specimen, 



south coast. 

 Common in all sandy bays. 

 Mud flats, Isthmus. Rare 



L.W.S.T. Plentiful in sandy 

 bays. 

 Cast up dead on S. E. sands. 

 Plentiful everywhere at low 



water. 

 Sk. Othman, coral blocks. R 

 Do. do. P 



Dredged in harbour and on 



rocks, south coast. P 



