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 Summary, 



Name. 



Lcpidopleurus inquinatiis, Reeve 



L. lirafiis, Adams and Angas 



L. profundus, Ashby 



L. colmnnarius, Hedley and 

 May = L. pelagicus, Torr 



L. viatthczvsianiis, Bednall 

 = L. niger, Torr 



1. . badius, Hedley and Hull . , 



Habitat. 



A New Zealand littorine shell 

 not found in Australia 



A littorine shell under stones 

 at low water, recorded from 

 South Australia and Vic- 

 toria 



A deep-water shell only. 

 South Australia, Tasmania, 

 and Victoria 



A very deep-water shell. Off 

 Cape Pillar, Schouten 

 Island, Port Arthur, in 

 Tasmania, Bass Strait, off 

 south-east coast of South 

 Australia 



A littorine shell, not rare in 

 South Australia. One 

 record each from Western 

 Australia and Tasmania 



A littorine shell. Recorded 

 from New South Wales 

 and South Australia 



Distinguishing Characters. 



Spicules absent or very scanty, 

 girdle scales comparatively 

 large and broad 



Sculpture coarser and rougher 

 than L. profundus, granules 

 more raised and rounded, 

 scales long and straight- 

 sided, spicules coarser, 

 longer, and comparatively 

 few in number 



Granules in ribbing coalesced, 

 flattened, and polished. Scales 

 on girdle small, irregular ; 

 in perfect specimens, girdle 

 covered with massed, short, 

 slender, pointed, white 

 spicules 



Shell exceptionally elevated 

 and keeled, sculpture small 

 and finely cut ; girdle spicu- 

 lose with flat, elongate scales 



Small, rounded, evenly arched ; 

 sculpture very finely granu- 

 lose and regular ; foot red 

 or pink, rarely black 



Small, subcarinated, broad 

 shell, usually more or less 

 orange in colour ; sculpture 

 coarser and less regular than 

 L. matthcivsianus ; foot in 

 South Australia, buff 



For description of Plates see pp. 242 and 243. 



