1901.] MOLLTJSKS rBOM THE PERSIAN GULE. 349 



Glbbula pulcheemma a. Ad. 



M.C. A superb example. 



Forskalia H. & A. Ad. is now entirely submerged in Gibbula 

 Risso. 



GriBBULA (Canthaeidella) ph^dra Meh. 



M.C. Charbar Point. 7 fathoms. 



Allied to the Ceylonese G. stoUczhana Gt. Nevill. 



Gibbula (Bnida) townsendi Sowb. 



M.C. Generally distributed, and locally abundant. 



MoNiLEA ASTOLENSis Melv., nom. emend. 



M.C. Astola I. 



By a clerical error this species was described (Mem. Manch. 

 Soc. vol. xli. No. 7, p. 15) as astrolabensis with locality " Astrolabe 

 Island." We submit that the law of priority does not insist 

 on the perpetuation of so evident a " lapsus calami." 



MONILEA OALLIEEBA Lam. 



Var. masoni Nevill. 

 M.C. 



MONILEA SWAUfSONT A. Ad. 



I. Bombay (Abercrombie). 



Peioteochus sepulchralis Melv. 



P.G. Kais Island. 7-14 fathoms, coral-sand. Gulf of Oman, 

 Maskat, 10 fathoms. The first examples procured were dredged 

 in a semi-fossilized condition ; hence the specific name. 



I. Karachi. 



MiNOLiA biangulosa a. Ad. 

 P.G. Henjam Island, 15 fathoms. 



MiNOLIA CLIMACOTA Melv. 



M.C. Charbar. 



I. Karachi. 

 At 7 fathoms, muddy sand. Many very beautiful varieties occur, 

 MiNOLiA EUDELi Desh. 

 P.G. Gulf of Oman, Maskat. 15 fathoms. 



I. Karachi. Angrias Bank (Ca^>^. W. A. TindaU). 



MiNOLIA GILTOSPLENDENS Melv. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, lat. 24° 55' N., long. 57° 59' E. 

 37 fathoms, sand and mud. 



The type was described (Journ. of Conch, vi. p. 407, pi. ii. fig. 8) 

 from the Phihppine Islands, based upon specimens formerly in the 

 collection of the late Mr. T. Lombe Taylor. 



MiKOLIA GEADAXA Sowb. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, Maskat, Jask. 2 fathoms, mud. 

 M.C. Charbar. 



