1901.] MOLLTJSKS FROM THE PERSIAN GULF. 401 



CORALLIOPHILA PEBSICA Melv. 



P.G-. On the telegraph-cable, 20-30 fathoms. 



CoRALLioPHiLA RUBKococoiNEA, sp. n. (Plate XXI. fig. 2.) 



C testa perforata^ ovato-fusiformi, versus apicem attenuata, undique 

 aspera, squamulosa, rubescente vel cinerea, sdlmonea vel sordide 

 alba ; anfractibus novem, apicalibus duobus inclusis, pellucidis, 

 cceteris ventricosis, longitudinaliter erassicostatis, costis anfractiis 

 ultimi novem, spiraliter arete oimnino, cum interstitiis, squamu- 

 latis ; apertiira pyHformi, in typo intus vivide rubescenti-cocdnea 

 vel miniata, interdum pallida vel cinerascente, labro tenui, 

 paullum effuso, apud basim attenuato ; columella paullum 

 excavata. 

 Long. 23, lat. 12*50 mm. 



Hah. Persian Gulf : Shaikh Shuaib Island ; Linjah, at 25 

 fathoms. 



A very beautiful form : with no very near ally in the genus. 

 Whorls nine, ventricose, impressed at the sutures, the protoconch 

 vitreous, coloured (in the type) as the body of the shell, and 

 centrally noduled, the remainder of the whorls are uniformly thickly 

 longitudinally ribbed, spirally closely costulate, with scaly striae; 

 the interstices likewise scaly. Mouth pear-shaped, deep crimson- 

 red (in the type), outer lip effuse, thin ; columella slightly excavate. 



Fam. COLUMBELLID^. 

 COLUMBELLA FUSCATA Ad. 



I. Bombay {F. W. T.). Not occurring in the Abercrombie list. 



COLUMBELLA PAEDALUiTA Lam. 



M.C. Charbar, on mud-covered rocks. 

 I. Karachi. 



COLTJMBELLA PEOPINQTJANS Sm. 



P.G. Linjah, 3i fathoms (Dec. 1900). 

 I. Karachi. 



COLUMBEHA VERSICOLOR Sowb. 



M.C. Charbar. Amongst shingle, finely marked. 



COLUMBELLA (Mitrella) agnesiana, sp. n. (Plate XXIII. 

 fig. 3.) 



C. testa nitida, eleganter fusiformi, perlcevi, attenuata ; anfractibus 

 9-10, quorum apicali parvo, mamillato, cceteris Icevibus, albis, 

 castaneo-reticulatis et maculatis, idtimo anfractu prolongato, 

 fortiter infra medium ad basim spiraliter sidculoso; apertura 



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