1901.] MOLLFSKS FROM THE PEBSIAN GULF. 401 



COEALLIOPHILA PEESICA Melv. 



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



Coballiophila btjbrococcinea, sp. n. (Plate XXI. fig. 2.) 



' C. testa perforata, ovato-fusiformi, versus apicem attenuata, undique 

 aspera, squamulosa, rubescente vel cinerea, salmonea vel sordide 

 alba : anfracbibus novem, apiealibus duobus inclusis, pellucid is, 

 cceteris ventricosis, longitudinaliter erassieostatis, costis anfractus 

 ultimi novem, spiraliter arete omnino, cum interstitiis, sqwrnv- 

 latis; aperturapyriformi, in typo intus vivide rubescenti-coccinea 

 vel miniata, interdum pallida vel cinerascente, labro tenui, 

 paullum effuso, apvd basim attenuato ; columella paullum 

 excavata. 

 Long. 23, lat. 12'50 mm. 



Hab. 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. Columbelled^. 



COLTJMBELLA FUSCATA Ad. 



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



C'OLUMBELLA PABDALINA Lam. 



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

 I. Karachi. 



COLUMBELLA PEOPLNQUANS Sm. 



P.G. Linjah, 3± fathoms (Dec. 1900). 

 I. Karachi. 



COLUMBELLA VEESICOLOB Sowb. 



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



CoE CM BELLA (MlTBELLA) AGNE8IANA, sp. n. (Plate XXIII. 



fig. 3.) 



O. testa nitida, elegant* r furiformi, perlavi, att< nuata ; anfractibus 



9-10, quorum apieah' parvo, mamillatOi eceterit Utuibue, albis, 



ineo-reticulatU <> maoulaiii, ultimo avnfractu prolongate, 



fortiice infra medium ad batvn ipiraliter tulcuhto; apertura 



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