BUCCINUM CILIATUM. 90 



1887. Buccinum groenlandicum, var. imtala, Kobelt, Icon, schalentrag. europ. Meeresconol)., vol. i, 



p. 113, pi. x.\, figs. 9, 10. 

 1899. Biiccininn greenlandicum, ■v?i\'. patida, Posselt, Medd. om Gninl., vol. xxiii, p. 200. 

 1912. Buccinum greenlandicum, var. patvla, Dautzenberg et Fischer, Camp. Scient. Pr. Mouaco, 



vol. xxxvii (Mollusques), p. 131, pi. viii, fig. 15. 



Varietal CJinrarters. — Shell much smaller than the type; spire short; whorls 

 slightly convex, the last ventricose, three-fifths the total length, excavated below; 

 ornamented by inconspicuous spiral lines, but without longitudinal plications ; mouth 

 wide, longer than the spire, angulate above ; outer lip regularly curved, expanded ; 

 inner lip forming a glaze upon the columella; canal short, open, notched. 



Dimensions. — L. 25 mm. B. 15 mm. 



Distribution. — Recent : northern coasts of Norway, Greenland. 

 Fossil : Waltonian Crag : Little Oakley. 



Eeniarhs.— The specimen represented under the above name corresponds very 

 closely with that originally figured by Prof. Sars, and to a somewhat les.s extent 

 with one Dr. Sparre Schneider has sent me from Tromso. I have several other 

 small Buccinums in my collection, as, for example, that figured in PI. IX, fig. 10, 

 which may be unnamed varieties of B. groenlandicum. 



Buccinum ciliatum, Fabricius. 



1780. Buccinum ciliatum, Fabricius, Faun. Grcenl., p. 401. 



1883. Buccinum ciliatum, Kobelt, Martini und Cliemuitz, Conch. Cab., ed. 2, vol. iii (Buccinum), 

 p. 29, pi. Ixxviii, fig.s. 7, 8. 



1912. Bvccinum ciliatum, Dautzenberg et Fischer, Camp. Scient. Pr. Monaco, vol. xxxvii (Mol- 

 lusques), p. 116, pi. vi, figs. 8, 9. 



Var. Igevior, Morcli. Plate X, figs. 10—12. 



1857. Buccinum ciliatum, var. Imvior, Morcli, Prod. Faun. Moll. Groenl.. p. 13. 



1882. Buccinum groenlandicum, var. sericata {t) , Friele, Norske Nordh. E.xped. (MoUusua), pt. i, 



p. 29, pi. iii, fig. 19. 

 1887. Buccinum sericatum, Kobelt, Icon, schalentrag. europ. iJeerescouch , vol. i, p. 114, pi. xxi, 



fig. 4. 

 1899. Buccinum ciliatum, var. lievior, Posselt, Medd. om Grrbnl., vol. xxiii, p. 211. 



Varietal Characters. — Shell small, thin, ovato-conical ; whorls convex, the last 

 tumid, much the largest, five-sixths the total length ; ornamented by fine spiral 

 striations and by faint inconspicuous lines of growth ; spire very short, rapidly 

 diminishing to a small sub-papillose apex ; suture deep ; mouth long in proportion 

 to the size of the shell, angulate above ; outer lip regularly curved, expanded ; 

 inner lip forming a very thin glaze on the pillar ; canal wide, open, very short ; 

 columella excavated, twisted below. 



Dimensions. — L. 23 — 25 mm. B. 14 — -16 mm. 



