EANELLA. Panama Shells. 119 



Lamarck. Is not Deshayes also in error, wten he refers Kiener's 

 figures to the Lamarckian species ? Deshayes has copied from 

 Kiener's text the reference to pi. II., which is a misprint for 

 pi. XI. 



The apex is always eroded, and many are eroded over much 

 of the spire. The individuals differ much in number and in 

 the degree of development of the granules. Some of the sheila 

 are from 2 to 2.3 inches long. 



Station. — Under stones ; Cuming I Broderip. Under stones 

 at low water ; Cuming 1 Reeve. Wo found this species under 

 stones between the low Water mark of the neap tides and that 

 of the spring tides. 



Habitat. — Panama ; Cuming ! Broderip : also Reeve. 



Panama ; Sowerby : also Kiener : and Deshayes : 

 and Jay. 



Panama ; E. Jewett ! Gould MSS. 



Panama ; C. B. A. 1 

 We collected 190 specimens on the reef. 



133. Ranella nana. 



Synonymy. 



Ranella nana Brod. and Sowb. in Zool. Journ. IV. 376. 1829. 



Sowb. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 51. June 1841. 



Sowb. Conch. 111. No. 6. pi. 85. f. 6. 1841. 



Rcevo Conch. Syst. pi. 241. f. 0. 1842. 



Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 0. f. 29. July 1844. 



Station. — Coarse sand at the depth of 7 fathoms ; Cuming I 

 Sowerby. Coarse sand at the depth of 10 fathoms ; Cuming I 



Reeve. 



Safttta*.— "Ad insulam Panama, Philippinarum ;" Cuming! 



Sowerby. 

 Panama ; Sowerby : also Jay. 

 Panama; Cuming 1 Reeve. 



