﻿MELVILL 
  : 
  PYKAMIDELLID^ 
  OF 
  THE 
  PERSIAN" 
  GULF, 
  El'C. 
  181 
  

  

  EuLiMELLA 
  Kaisensis, 
  Melvill. 
  PI. 
  IV, 
  Fig. 
  9. 
  

  

  Eulimella 
  Kaisensis, 
  Melvill, 
  Mem. 
  Manch. 
  Soc, 
  vol. 
  xlii, 
  No. 
  4, 
  

   p. 
  21, 
  pi. 
  ii, 
  fig. 
  5. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  — 
  P.Gr. 
  Near 
  Fao, 
  Bushire 
  ; 
  Kishm 
  Island, 
  6 
  fathoms, 
  mud 
  ; 
  

   LiBJah, 
  3i- 
  fathoms. 
  The 
  type 
  from 
  Kais 
  (or 
  Gais) 
  Island. 
  

  

  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  lat. 
  23° 
  55' 
  N., 
  long. 
  57° 
  48' 
  E. 
  ; 
  lat. 
  24° 
  5' 
  N., 
  

   long. 
  77° 
  35' 
  E., 
  205 
  fathoms. 
  Likewise 
  in 
  the 
  well-known 
  locality 
  

   at 
  156 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  I. 
  lat. 
  18° 
  58' 
  N., 
  long. 
  71° 
  45' 
  E., 
  40 
  fathoms. 
  These 
  last 
  are 
  

   exceedingly 
  fine 
  specimens, 
  the 
  whorls 
  sometimes 
  attaining 
  sixteen 
  

   in 
  number 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  ivory 
  whiteness, 
  and 
  great 
  symmetrical 
  regularity. 
  

  

  Etjlimella 
  nitidissima 
  (Montagu). 
  

  

  Turho 
  nitidissimus^ 
  Montagu, 
  Test. 
  Br., 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  p. 
  299, 
  pi. 
  xii, 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

   Aclis 
  nitidissima 
  (Montagu), 
  Eorbes 
  & 
  Hanley, 
  vol. 
  iii, 
  p. 
  223, 
  pi. 
  xc, 
  

  

  figs. 
  6, 
  7. 
  

   Anisocijcla 
  nitidissima, 
  Monterosato, 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Malac. 
  Ital., 
  vol. 
  vi, 
  

  

  p. 
  72, 
  1880. 
  

   JTab.—V.Q. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  lat. 
  24° 
  58' 
  N., 
  long. 
  56° 
  54' 
  E., 
  

   156 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  I 
  cannot 
  distinguish 
  this 
  from 
  the 
  European 
  shell, 
  and 
  am 
  convinced 
  

   it 
  is 
  identical. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  rarely, 
  but 
  generally, 
  round 
  the 
  English, 
  

   Scotch, 
  and 
  Irish 
  coasts. 
  

  

  Eulimella 
  ventjsta, 
  Melvill. 
  

  

  Eulimella 
  venusta, 
  Melvill, 
  Proc. 
  Malac. 
  Soc, 
  vol. 
  vi, 
  p. 
  55, 
  pi. 
  v, 
  

   fig. 
  14. 
  

  

  Mab.—^.a. 
  Lat. 
  18° 
  58' 
  N., 
  long. 
  71° 
  45' 
  E., 
  40 
  fathoms; 
  also 
  at 
  

   156 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  graceful 
  species. 
  

  

  MoEMiJLA 
  Macandre^, 
  A. 
  Adams. 
  

  

  Mormula 
  Macandrece, 
  A. 
  Adams, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  ser. 
  iv, 
  vol. 
  vi, 
  

   p. 
  127. 
  

  

  Hab.—'P.G. 
  Lat. 
  45° 
  55' 
  N., 
  long. 
  57° 
  59' 
  E. 
  ; 
  lat. 
  24° 
  58' 
  N., 
  

   long. 
  56° 
  54' 
  E., 
  156 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  M.C. 
  Charbar, 
  7 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  rocks, 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  delicate 
  species, 
  conspicuous 
  for 
  its 
  large 
  bulbous 
  nuclear 
  

   whorls, 
  its 
  pronounced 
  vai'ices, 
  and 
  golden-brown 
  hue. 
  The 
  original 
  

   type 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Suez 
  (R. 
  MacAndrew 
  Coll.). 
  

  

  Mormula 
  persarum, 
  Melvill 
  & 
  Standen. 
  

  

  Mormula 
  per 
  sar 
  urn, 
  Melvill 
  & 
  Standen, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  xii, 
  

   p. 
  304, 
  pi. 
  xxii, 
  fig. 
  2, 
  1903. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  — 
  P.G. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  Maskat 
  (Muscat), 
  at 
  15 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  A 
  beautiful 
  and 
  very 
  rare 
  form, 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  above 
  M. 
  Macandrece, 
  

   A. 
  Ad., 
  but 
  more 
  regular, 
  with 
  fewer 
  and 
  less 
  pronounced 
  varices. 
  

   Only 
  once 
  dredged 
  hitherto. 
  

  

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  — 
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  1910. 
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