KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 50. N:0 5. 31 



Lunatia pallida (Broderip & Sowerby 1829) 



= Natica groenlandica Möller 1842. 

 Pl. 3, Figs. 15, 19—37; Pl. 4, Figs. 1—8; Pl. 5, Figs. 16-18. 



Habitat: 



West coast of Sweden: Skåne, S. of Hven, 36—40 m, clay ('% 1897), 1 sp., h. 

 12.8; ap. h. 9.8; br. 12; ap. br. 6.8; umb. 4.2; sut. 3.3; wh. 5; Landskrona — Hälsingborg 

 (Rahmn 1870), 1 sp., h. 4.5; Off Hälsingborg, 16 fms, clay, shells (Gunhild Exp. '7? 

 1878), 2 sps, max. h. 14; ap. h. 11; br. 12.5; ap. br. 7; umb. 5; sut. 4; wh. about 5 (Fig. 

 7); D:o, 20 fms, clay (Gunhild Exp. 'V^ 1878), 1 sh., h. 10; Öresund, Knäholmen (Lönn- 

 berg 'Ve 1896), 1 sp., h. 10.9; wh. 4 V^; D:o, Skagerrack 1909 (Mus. L.): E. and S. of 

 Hven, 20 — 39 m, 12 sps and 4 shs, max. h. 16 (sp. ), 17 sh.; also eggs; N. W. of Väster- 

 f lacket, 40 — 50 m, fine clay, dead Zostera, shells, worm tubes, 3 shs, max. h. 20; 

 W. of Pinhättan, 20 — 23 m, clay, 1 sh., h. 15.3. — S. of Kullen, 14 fms, sand, clay, 

 shells (Gunhild Exp. '% 1878), 1 sh., h. 15.5 overgrown mtli algse, and 1 sp., h. 3.7; 

 wh. 3; Kullen (Loven, = Natica lactea), 6 sps, max. h. 15.5; ap. h. 12; br. 13.8; ap. br. 

 7.9; umb. 5.5; sut. 4.4; wh. 4^4 (Fig. 6); D:o (Lilljeborg, determined and described [1852''] 

 as L. Montagui), 2 sps, max. h. 17; ap. h. 13; br. 15.i; ap. br. 8.2; umb. 5.8; sut. 5; wh. 

 5; Between Kullen and Hallands Väderö, 14 — 15 fms, clay, shells, worm tubes (Lönn- 

 berg, July 1902, det. as L. Montagui), 10 sps, max. h. I8.4; ap. hl 13.8; br. 15.7; ap. br. 

 8.8; umb, 6; sut. 5.7; wh. 5 + (apex eroded [Pl. 5, fig. 16]); W. of Hallands Väderö, 14 — 15 

 fms, clay (Lönnberg 'V; 1902, det. as L. Montagui), 1 sp., h. I6.0; ap. h. 12.7; br. 14.5; 

 ap. br. 8.3; umb. 6; sut. 4.5; wh. 5. — Halland: Laholmsbukten, 10 — 12 fms, clay mixed 

 with sand (Gunhild Exp. 'V; 1878), 3 sps, max. h, 13.ö; wh. 4 'j^; D:o, 20 — 21 m, clay 

 mixed with sand (Lönnberg ^'|^ 1897, det. as L. Montagni), 2 sps, max. h. 17.8; ap. h. 

 13.5; br. 15.G; ap. br. 8.7; umb. 6; sut. 4.6; wh. about 5; S. W. of Nidingen, 20 — 35 m (Zool. 

 St. ^79 1911), 1 sp., h. I6.3; ap. h. 12; br. 14.3; ap. br. 8; umb. 5.9; sut. 4.4; wh. 5. — 

 Kattegatt: Skagen — Nidiiigarna, 19 fms, gravel, stones (Gunhild Exp. 7? 1878), 4 shs, 

 max. h. 13.8. — • Bohuslän: Gullmarn (Zool. St. 1886), 6 sps, max. h. 14; ap. h. 11; br. 13; 

 j ap. br. 7.1; umb. 4.o; sut. 4.3; wh. 4 '/s; an other sp. h. 13; ap. h. 10.^5; br. 12; ap. br. 6.6; 

 umb. 4.7; sut. 3.2; wh. 5 (Fig. 5); Väderöarna, 100 fms (Loven, = N. lactea), many sps, 

 max. h. 18.6; ap. h. 13.2; br. 15.3; ap. br. 8.2; umb. 6; sut. 5.3; wh. 5; an other sp. h. 16; 

 ap. h. 13; br. 14.8; ap. br. 8; umb. 5.3; sut. 4.5; wh. 5 (Fig. 1); D:o, on the coral reef (Au- 

 rivillius 1895, Goés 1862), 2 sps, max. h. 18; ap. h. 14.3; br. I6.2; ap. br. 9.2; wh. 4 74; 

 and h. 17.3; ap. h. 13.9; br. I6.4; ap. br. 8.0; umb. 6; sut. 4.0; wh. 5 (Fig. 2);D:o, 50 — 80 

 m, on the coral reef (Zool. St. ="/8 1911), 7 sps, max. h. 13.8; and 14 shs, max. h. 17; 

 ap. h. 15.i; br. I6.2; ap. br. 8.9; umb. 6; sut. 4.7; wh. 5; St. Väderö, 10 — 110 fms (Ols- 

 son 1869), 6 sps, together with L. Montagui, max. h. 14; ap. h. 12; br. 13.i; ap. br. 7.5; 

 umb. 5.3; sut. 3.6; wh. 5. — Skagerrack, 336 fms (Lindahl), manj^ small shs, max. h. 3; 

 D:o, 350 fms, fine brown clay (Gunhild Exp. "/y 1879), 1 sh., h. 12.5; ap. h. 9.4; br. ll.i; 

 ap. br. 6.7; umb. 3. o; sut. 3.3; Avh. 5 (Fig. 4); D:o, 370 fms, brownish clay (Gunhild Exp. 

 '7? 1879), 3 shs, max. h. 10; ap. h. 8.4; br. 8.6; ap. br. 4.7; umb. 4.5; sut. 2.5; wh. 5; an 



