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JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, VOI,. l6, NO. S, JANUARY, I922. 



I have thought it worth while to collect the recards published for 

 the coast of what was German S. VV. Africa, and in this connexion I 

 will first list a small collection from Lilderitz Bay, recently received 

 from the Kimberley Museum : — 



Conns tinianns Brug. 

 Clionella sigillata Rve. 

 Thais cingulata L. 

 Thais squamosa Lam. 

 Thais ivahlbergi Krs. 

 Comitiella papyracea Brug. 

 Cominella lagenaria Lam. 

 Comindla limbosa Lam. 

 Pollia carinifera Kstr. 

 Bullia digitalis Dillwyn. 

 Bnllia IcBvissima Gm. 

 Fasciolaria lugubris Rve. 

 Mitra picia Rve. 



Argobtucimun argus Gm. 

 Littorina hiysna'cnsis Krs. 

 Crepidnla hepatica Dh. 

 Oxystele variegaia Ant. {inipervia 



Mke.) 

 Oxystele capensis Gm. 

 Patella granularis L. 

 Patella morbida Rve. 

 Patella miniata Born. 

 Patella compressa L. 

 Patella pminosa Krs. 

 Siphonaria variabilis Krs. 



To the above may be added the following six species recorded by 

 Martens from Angra Pequena, which is practically the same 

 locality : — 



Bullia callosa Wd. 

 Bullia sulcata Rve. 

 Fissurella mutabilis Sow. 



Patella granatina L. 



Patella plicata Born. ( = barbara L. 



Helcion pectunadus Gm. 



The above 30 species form a representative list of characteristic 

 Cape shells. Martens records the foUowiug from Walvis (Walfisch) 

 Bay :— 



Cominella lagenaria Lam. 

 Cotninella limbosa Lam. 

 Alectrion plicatella A. Ad. 

 Marginella labrosa Redf. 

 Oxystele variegata Ant. 



Patella granatina L. 

 Patella argenvillei Krs. 

 Patella sanguinans Rve. 

 Patella o;ranularis L. 



To these I can add Marginella capensis Krs. and M. 7valvisiana 

 Tomlin (described J. of C, xvi, 88) received from Mr. Burnup 

 during the war. This list, though small, is interesting and important, 

 as it shows the first signs of West African influence by the occurrence 

 of M. labrosa, a Gulf of Guinea shell which occurs also in the West 

 Indies. Alectrion plicatella is common in the Mossamedes region, 

 though it is also recorded from Natal. It was originally described 

 from Wallwich (sic) Bay. 



