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Pamily. — ITassid^. 



Nassa reticulata (Linne). 



i., ii., iii., iv., v., vi. 

 Generally distributed round the coast in the littoral and laminarian 

 zones. 



Disfrihition. — Norway to Mediterranean. Azores. Madeira 



(Watson). 



Nassa incrassata (Strom). 



i., ii., iii., iv., v., vi. 



Generally distributed round the coast at and below low-water 

 mark. 



Var. sitmdatis, Jeffreys. Connemara (Barlee, f. JefPreys, '67). 



Bistrihution. — Iceland. I'inmark to Mediterranean. Azores. 

 Morocco. Senegal. Madeira. Canaries. 



Nassa pijgmcea (Lamarck). 



i., ii., . iv., v., vi. 



i. ?Turbot Eank, dead, rare (Dickie, f. Hyndman, '58): Turbot 



Bank, living (Waller, f. Hyndman, '59). 

 ii. Dublin Bay (Kinahan, '61). 

 iv. Bantry Bay, 12-15 fms., a dead specimen (M' Andrew, f. Thompson, 



'56). 

 V. West of Ireland, 60 fms. (Dublin Mus., coll. by A. G. Melville) : 



Roundstone (Alcock, '65). 

 vi. Killala Bay (Miss A. Warren, '92). 



Bistrihution. — ISTorway. Sweden. S. England and Ireland to 

 Mediterranean. Azores. 



Family. — Buccintj)^. 



Neptunea antiqua (Linne). {Fasus antiquus, Je&eys, B. C) 



i., ii., iii., iv., v., vi. 



i., ii., iii. Generally distributed and common. Var. alba, Jeffreys. 

 Carrickfergus (Belfast Mus., f. Praeger, '89). Var. striata, 

 Jeffreys. Portmarnock, one specimen (O'Kelly, f. Brown, '18) : 

 south-east and south Ireland (Jeffreys, '67) : south of the 

 Tuskar Lighthouse (Dublin Mus., pres. by C. Parran) : Dun- 

 garvan, very abundant (Parran in Mnth Ann. Ptep. Dublin N. 

 H. S., 1849 ; A. 11. N.) : Waterford coast (Jordan, '90) : 



