180. 
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ee 
Weymouth, alive at extra low tide, Z. R. Sykes. 
Poole, sandbank (dead), Dr. Turner. 
Between Chapman’s Pool and St. Alban’s Head, dredyed, 
shelly ground, J. C. AL-P. 
Fossil: Miocene of Italy. 
‘BF RPALIL FLISSA, 
FASCIOLARIIDA. 
NEPTUNEA, Bolten, 1798. 
. N. antiquus (Z). Fusus antiquus, L. 
Pulteney, p. 47, pl. 17, f. 4. 
Thrown up on the Dorset coast with Buccinum undatum, but 
not plentifully, Pulteney. 
Weymouth, W. Lhonpson. 
Studland shore, thrown up alive after a storm, J. C. I/-P. 
Red and Mammaliferous Crags. 
TRITONOFUSUS, Bech, 1847. 
. T. gracilis (Da Costa). 
Brit. Conch., Vol. iv., p. 335. 
Coralline and deep-sea zones, from 20 to 145 fathoms; 
common on the northern fishing banks, but rare in the 
South of England. It is occasionally brought to Billings- 
gate Market, but is not saleable, Jeffreys. 
Weymouth, #. R. Sykes. 
Fossil : Coralline, Red and Mammaliferous Crags. 
BUCCINUM, Z., 1767. 
B. undatum, ZL. 
Pulteney, p. 45, pl. 17, f. 6. 
Gwyn Jeffreys, in a note on this whelk, says “I have seen 
between 30 and 40 shells of B. undatum extracted from 
the stomach of asingle ecd. After the shell has been 
cleared out and ejected by the fish it makes a convenient 
habitation for the Hermit Crab. At the enthronization 
feast of William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 
the 9th of March, 1504, there were provided 8,000 whelks 
at five shillings per thousand.” Brit. Conch. iv., p. 290. 
Generally distributed round the coast. 
Raised beach, Portland, Prestwich. 
Fossil: Coralline, Red, and Mammaliferous Crags. 
