ABCA. Panama S/iells. 259 



Nation. — Attached to stones ; Cuming I Reeve. 



Our specimens were found under stones near \oyr water mark. 



Habitat. — ^Mazatlan ; Broderip : also Beechey's Voyage. 



St. Elena; Cuming 1 Reeve: also Orbigny, 



St. Elena ; Jay. 



Mexico; Hanley. 



Santa Barbara; E. JewettI Gould MSS. 



Taboga ; C. B. A. I 

 3 specimens were found. 



417. Area g^randis. 



Synonymy. 



Area grandis Brod. et Sowb. in Zool. Jour. IV. 366. 1829. 



Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 1. f. 4. Dec. 1843. 



Hanley Descr. Catal. p. 160. , 1845 ? 



Orb. Voy. Amer. Merid. Moll. p. 637. 1846. 



StaU'mi. — Our specimens were fouhd half buried in mud and 

 small algae, under trees, a little above half tide level. 



Habitat. — Unknown; Broderip. 



Real Llejos, Bay of Guayaquil, &c.. Western Coast 



of S. America ; Cuming 1 also Hinds I Reeve. 

 Guayaquil; Fontaine! Orbigny. 

 Panama; Jay, 

 Panama : C. B. A. ! 

 13 specimens were obtained. This species is used by the 

 natives for food. A single valve taken from a heap of the 

 shells of edible moUusks weighs 2i lbs. 



418. Area mutabilis. 



^nonymy. 



Sygsoarca mutabilis Sowb. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 17. Feb. 1833. 



Area Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 13. f. 85. Apr. 1844. 



Hanley Descr. Catal. p. 166j 1845 ? 



