MOIJ-U.S(;\ — ilKDLlCY. 



347 



free, spiral, sulxn-oct. Colour white. Peiuiltimate whorl 

 s(|uare in section, along each an.i,'Ie runs a shaip elevated 

 rib, towards the aperture tliese ribs 

 converge together on the superior side 

 and fre<iuently continue as sliarp 

 lauielhe to the aperture. Between 

 the ribs the surface is sculptured by 

 crescentic growth striai. Aperture 

 circular, expanded, trumpet-mouthed, 

 slightly notched above the spiral ribs; 

 sometimes two or three former aper- 

 tures persist as variceal rings on the 

 last whorl. Lengtli of shell, about 

 3 •2 5 mm. 



This species, whose exact generic 

 position requires to be verified, is 

 named in honour of my colleague 

 Mr. E. R. Waite, who obtained the collection here described. 



Several specimens adherent to larger shells were taken in 63-75 

 fathoms oft Port Kembla. 



Fig. 72. 



Family TURRITELLTD^. 



T U R R I T E L L A, Lamarck 



TURRITELLA SUBSQUAMOSA, Dunker. 



Turritella suhsquamosa, Dunker, Mai. Blatt., xviii., 1871, p. 152. 



Tarritella aciUa, Ten. Woods, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas., 1875 (1876), 

 p. Ii3 [not P. acuti, M. C. Mayer, Journ. de Conch., vii , 

 1859, p. 298, pi. xi., f. 7]. 



Turritella oxyacris, Tate (nom. mut.)^ Trans. Roy. Soc. S. A., xxi., 

 1897, p. 41. 



Turritella lameMosa, Watson, Chall. Rep., Zool., xv., 1886, p. 474, 

 pi. xxix., f. 6. 



Stations 13, 37, 49. 



Bunker's name, which certainly refers to this species, has not 

 been previously recognised in Australia. Schmeltz erroneously 

 reduces it to a sjanonym of Torcula declivis, Ad. & Reeve.* The 

 shell appears to be common and widely distributed on our con- 

 tinental shelf. 



Schmeltz— Cat. Mus. Godeff., v., 1874, p. 107. 



