118 Panama Shells. MUBICID^. 



131. Triton Testitus. 



Synonymy. 



Triton vestitus Ilinds in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 21. Feb. 1844. 



Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 20. f. 101. Aug. 1844. 



Hinds in Voy. Sulpli. Moll. pi. 4. f. 1. 2. 1844. 



Station. — Among the rocks on the shore ; Hinds I — copied by 

 Eeeve. 



Our specimens were obtained under stones near low water 

 mark. 

 Habitat. — Real Llejos, Gulf of Nicoya, and Bay of Honda; 

 Hinds ! copied by Eeeve. 

 Taboga; C. B. A. I 

 We obtained 4 specimens of this beautiful species. 



Triton vestitus ? var. senior. — We found also near 

 Panama a shell which differs but little from the preceding. It 

 is not so deeply colored, and is lengthened by the addition of 

 another whorl, and consequently it has an additional varix. 

 The sculpture of the lower whorls is less prominent ; and the 

 shell is distorted. 



132. Ranella caelata. 



Synonymy. 



itanclla cmlata Brod. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 179. Oct. 1832. 



Mull. Synop. Nov. Test. Viv. p. 100. May 1836. 



Sowb. Conch. III. No. 8. pi. 85. f. 8. 1841. 



Reeve Conch. Syst. pi. 241. f. 8. 1842. 



semiyranosa Kieiicr (aon Lam.) p. 19. pi. 11. f. 2. 



cwlala Lam. An. sans Vert. IX. 554. No. 21. (Desh. 



Ed.) - - - - 1843. 

 Lam. An. sans Vert. III. Pt. 2. p. 697. No. 



21. (Desh. ed. tert.) - - - 1844. 



Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 3. f. 10. July 1844, 



According to Deshayes and to Reeve, Kiener has fallen into 

 an error in confounding with this species the B. semigranosa of 



