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Siliquaria weldii, Tenison- Woods. 



Tenagodus weldii, Tenison-Woods, Proc. Roy, Soc, Tasmania, 

 1876 (1875), p. 144, "East coast, Tasmania"; Pritchard and Gat- 

 liff. Proc. Roy, Soc, Victoria, 1900, vol. xii. (New Series), part 

 2, p. 205 (Tenagodes), "Port Phillip, Western Port" ; May, Proc. 

 Roy. Soc, Tasmania, 1902, p. 110, "Type in Tas. Mus., Hobart." 



Siliquaria (PyxipomaJ, Trvon, Man. Conch., 1886, vol. viii., 

 p. 191. pi. lviii., fig. 28; Tate and Mav, Proc Linn. Soc, 

 N.S.W.. 1901, vol. xxvi., p. 378; Hedley, Records Austr. Mus., 

 1905. vol. vi., part 2, p. 42, "111 fathoms, off Cape Byron, New 

 South Wales"; Hedlev and Mav, op. tit., 1908, vol. vii., No. 2, 

 p. Ill, "100 fathoms, 'off Cape Pillar." 



Taken in 100 fathoms 90 miles west of Eucla, in sponge. 



Siliquaria anguina, Linnaeus. 



Tenagodus anguinus, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Uh\, 701, No. 431, 

 1758. 



Serpula anguina, Born, Mus. Caes. Vindobon., Test., Tome 

 18. fig. 15; Gmelin, Sys. Nat. Linn., 1789, vol. vi., p. 3743, "Indian 

 Ocean. - ' 



Siliquaria anguina, Chenu, Illus. Conch., p. 1, pi. i., figs. 

 1, 2; Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. iii., Sp. 7, figs. 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e; 

 Trvon, Man. Conch., 1886, vol. viii.,. p. 190, pi. lviii., figs. 23-25; 

 Sowerby. Thes. Conch., vol. v.. 1887, p. 165, No. 13, pi. 481 

 (Siliquaria ii.), figs. 11-13. 



Serpula muricata, Born, Mus. Caes. Vindobon., Test., Tome 

 18, fig. 16. 



Siliquaria muricata, Lamarck, Anim. S. Vert. (2nd Edition, 

 Deshayes, etc.), 1838, vol. vi., p. 584, "Indian seas"; Chenu, 

 Illus. Conch., p. 2, pi. ii., figs. 13, 14, "Indian seas and New 

 Holland." 



Gmelin, Reeve, Tryon, and Sowerby give S. muricata as 

 a synonym of *$'. anguina. 



Taken in 100 fathoms 90 miles west of Eucla, several, 

 in a piece of blackish-purple sponge, which stains them some- 

 what violet. It has the S. muricata form, and is easily dis- 

 tinguished from our other two southern Australian species 

 S. ausiralis and S. weldn by its squamate longitudinal ribs. 



Cypraea thersites, Gaskoin. 



Gyprcea { Ariciaj thersites, Gaskoin, Proc Zool. Soc, 1848, 

 p. 90: Type locality — "Salt Creek, Yorke Peninsula, South Aus- 

 tralia, on clusters of Zoophytes at 2 to 3 fathoms." 



Dredged alive in 72 fathoms 60 miles west of Eucla, 1 : 

 in 100 fathoms 90 miles west of Eucla, 1 ; in 75 to 120 

 fathoms 40 miles west of Eucla, 2. This species has hitherto 

 appeared to be of an exceedingly limited habitat, being taken 

 only in Gulf St. Vincent and Spencer Gulf. Once I dredged 

 a large living specimen at the mouth of the American Inlet, 

 off Hog Bay, Kangaroo Island. But it has not been recorded 



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