IJIO E. Bullen Newton— SJiells from Raised Beaches, Red Sea. 



2,172-2,190, Box No. 64/') ; raised beacli 380 feet above sea near 

 Camp 7, Wadi Shigeleh (No. 1,642, Box No. 42i;). 



Family DOLIID^. 

 Dolium variegatum, Lamarck. 



Dolium variegatum, Lamarck: Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert., vol. vii (1822), p. 261. 

 Distribution. — Gulfs of Suez and Akaba (Issel) ; Nortb Australia 

 (Tryon). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt: raised beacli 2 or 3 feet above 

 sea-level at Gemsab Bay, near Jebel Zeit, collected by Dr. Hume. 



Dolium (Perdix) perdix, Linnaeus. 



Buccinum perdix, LinnaBus : Sj'stema Naturse, 10th ed. (1758), p. 734. 



DiSTKiBOTiON. — Beacb deposits on tbe western shores of the Ked 

 Sea (Gray & Frembley) ; Indian Ocean to Polynesia (Tryon) ; 

 West Indies, West Africa, Indian and Pacific Oceans (E. A. Smith). 

 Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : beach near Dahab, Sinai (No. 4,325, Box 

 No. 480- 



Family FASCIOLAEIID^. 



Fusus polygonoides, Lamarck. 



Fusus polygonoides, Lamarck: Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert., vol. vii (1822), p. 129. 



Distribution. — Eed Sea (Issel) ; Eastern seas (B.M.) ; East 

 Indies (Tryon) . Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : Eas Gharib (Barron) ; 

 Recent beach south of Gharib lighthouse (No. 2,203, Box No. 23/) ; 

 beach against old island west of Camp 51, south of Gharib light- 

 house (Nos. 2,021-2,030, Box No. 57/) ; raised beach 380 feet 

 above sea near Camp 7, Wadi Shigeleh (No. 1,642, Box No. 42A;). 



Latirus turritus, Gmelin. 



Voluta tnrrita, Gmelin: Systema Naturae, 13tli ed. (1790), vol. 1, pt. 6, p. 3,456. 

 Distribution. — Eed Sea, Philippines, Australia, Polynesia (Tryon). 

 Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : raised beach, Camp 6, Wadi Gueh (No. 

 1,597, Box No. 551c). 



Family TUEBINELLID^. 

 Melongena (Volema) paradisiaca, Eeeve. 



Pynda paradisiaca, Eeeve: Conchologia Iconica, vol. iv (1847), fig. 17 {= Fyrida 

 nodosa, Lamarck). 



Distribution. — Desert of Attaka and Eed Sea (Issel) ; Eed Sea 

 and Ceylon (Tryon) ; Aden, Eed Sea, Mozambique, Natal, Ceylon, 

 Bourbon (E. A. Smith). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : Eecent beach 

 between Jebel Mellaha and Jebel Zeit (No. 2,159, Box No. 10/) ; 

 50 foot beach at Gemsah (Nos. 2,031-2,057, Box No. 58/). 



Vasum cornigerum, Lamarck. (PI. XX, Fig. 12.) 



Tiirbinella cornigera, Lamarck : Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert., vol. vii (1822), p. 105. 



Distribution. — Beach deposits near Kosseir (Fraas) ; Eed Sea 

 and Indian Ocean (Issel) ; Philippines (Tryon). Coll. Geol. Snrv. 

 Egypt : raised beach 80 feet above sea. Camp 6, north of Wadi 

 Gueh, west of Kosseir (Nos. 1,653, 1,654, Box No. 80/) ; raised 

 beach, Camp 6, Wadi Gueh (No. 1,595, Box No. 32ifc). 



