Mollusks. 4429 



Turretted Mangelia, Mangelia turricula, (Fusus turricula, Flem., 

 Pleurotoma turricula, Mac.) Met with by Mr. Macdonald while 

 dredging off Lossiemouth. 



Trevelyan's Mangelia, Mangelia Trevelliana, (Pleurotoma sinuosa, 

 Flem. ; Pleurotoma reticulatum, Mac.) Two specimens have been 

 obtained by Mr. Murray at Burghead. 



Lineated Mangelia, Mangelia linearis, (Pleurotoma linearis, Flem., 

 Fusus Buchanensis, Macq.) This species occurs in the Moray Firth 

 more frequently than any other of the genus. It seems to be 

 the resort of small hermit crabs, and then is picked up by the 

 haddock. 



Brown or Clouded Mangelia, Mangelia nebula, (Fusus nebula, 

 Flem.) One specimen has been found by Mr. Murray at Burghead, 

 and two or three got in the stomachs of fish. 



Short- mouthed Mangelia, Mangelia br achy stoma, A few speci- 

 mens have been obtained from fish killed in the Moray Firth. 



Strong-ribbed Mangelia, Mangelia costata, (Fusus costatus, Flem.) 

 A single specimen, dredged in the Firth by Mr. Macdonald, is now in 

 the Elgin Museum. 



European Cowrie, Cypraea Europea. Well known to, and eagerly 

 searched for on the shingly sea-shore, by young conchologists, under 

 the provincial name of " John o' Groat's buckies." Most abundant, 

 1826, on the shores of the Pentland Firth, near the reputed site 

 where that famous Knight of the Round Table built his house. 



Smooth Marginella, Marginella Ixevis, (M. voluta and Volutafusi- 

 formis, Flem.) Here, as in many other instances, Mr. Murray has 

 the merit of adding a beautiful species to the list of Moray shells. 

 He found this pretty little gem in a boat, among the debris cast off 

 from the lines of a Burghead fisherman who had just returned from 

 the fishing-ground. But one specimen, generously presented to the 

 Elgin Museum, has as yet (November, 1853) been met with in 

 the Firth. 



Gas teropoda Op isthobra n ch ia ta . 



Cylindric Cylichna, Cylichna cylindracea, (Bulla cylindracea, 

 Flem., Bullina cylindracea, Mac.) Occasionally met with in shell- 

 sand ; more frequently in the stomach of the haddock ; and sometimes 

 to be picked off from the fishing-lines at the different stations on the 

 Firth. 



Truncated Cylichna, Cylichna truncata, (Bullina truncata, Flem., 

 xii. 2 o 



