IT 
S.A NAT., V:OL. XIV, 
M.ay. 1933 . By Bernard C. Cotton a-nd F. K. Godfrey. 
R. kimber! sp. nov. PL 1, fig. 5. “Kimiber’s Retusa/’' 
Small, fairly thin, ovately cylindrical, translucent; axial growth 
lines, distinct, sublenticular; no spiral striae, spire very slightly 
prominent, and the small protoconch is also slightly prominent 
above the spire whorls; adult whorls three; last whorl nearly the 
total length of shell, slightly convex, with a regular dorsal curve 
anteriorly; mouth club-shaped, narrow above, gradually widening 
in a graceful curve to Its bulbous anterior; outer lip bulges slight- 
ly in Its anterior third and does not reach quite to the back of 
the previous whorl. Type — Height 3, diam. 1.4 mm. Gulf St. 
Vincent, 10 fathoms. (Reg. No. D. 10660 S. Aus. Mus.) Also 
dredged, Backstairs Passage from deep water. Related to R. 
hacketti Cotton & Godfrey, but distinguished in being smaller, 
thinner, and having a slightly elevated spire, bulging outer lip 
and a fuller antero-posterior dorsal curve. Most specimens have 
no spiral bands, but some of the juveniles show traces of broad 
or narrow spiral opaque bands on the translucent shell. Named 
to honour Mr. W. J. Kimber, for several years chairman of the 
Shell Club (now the Alalacological Society of S.A.), and an 
ardent Shell Collector for 40 years. 
Cylichnina Monterosato 1884. Small, subcylindrical, Im^ 
perforate; spire slightly raised, flat or depressed; mouth nearly 
or quite as long as the shell, narrow above, dilated below; colu- 
mella thickened, with a small fold or none. Type Bulla iimbili- 
cata Montagu. 
C. atkmsoni Tenison-Woods 1 876 (Cylichmi). ‘^‘■'Atkin- 
son's Cylichnina." Cylindrical, narrow, thin, ferruginous; dulf 
white, faintly striate both axially and spirally; spire umbilicate^ 
hidden; outer lip thin, acute, drawn in at the middle, and sub- 
dilate anteriorly; inner lip narrow, reflexed. Height 4.5, diam. 
2 mm. S.A., St. Francis Island, 6-20 fathoms: Cape Wiles, 100 
fathoms. W estern Australia — King George Sound to Fremantle, 
beach to 35 fathoms. (Type locality— Long Bay, Tasmania, 10 
fathoms sandy bottom). Young shells are covered b}' dense un- 
dulating transverse striae. 
C- pygmaea A. Adams 1854 (Bulla). PL 1, fig. 6. “The 
Pygmaean Cylichnina." Small, subcylindrical, contracted In the 
middle, apex umbilicated; white, shining; axially striated, other- 
wise smooth; mouth narrow, linear, dilated below; outer lip 
produced abov^e, rounded, inflexed in the middle; inner lip sub- 
callous below. Height 5, diam. 2.6 mm. Backstairs Pas- 
sage and Gulf St. \incent westward to Bunbur>- W.A. — Beach 
and down to 35 fathoms. Not uncommon. (Type locality' — - 
Port Lincoln). Very variable. One form is cylindrical, centrally 
