58. 
Two Sew Generic \ antes. 
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Soc., (Loud.),, vol. IX, p. 146, pi. Ill, June, 1910) from Rottnest 
Island, West Australia, and these two have since been regarded 
as conspecifie. Cotton and Godfrey used Cox's name and placed 
the species under .-licithoe , but the typical species ol that genus is 
smaller, the shell more solid, the outer lip strong, and has a very 
small persistent apex, a character of great importance. Compared 
with the Rottnest shell, the present species is comparatively 
narrower, the nodules stronger, and it should be kept separate 
until more Western shells are available. These may be related 
to such fossils as Voluta alticostata 'fate and V . h&ptagmmlis Tate. 
Genus GODFREYENA nov. 
Type C ominella torn Verco. 
A genus of the Buccinidae (sensu latissimo) , medium size, 
clongately fusiform, spire long, canal short and strongly recurved, 
outer lip thickened but not vanced, columella without pleats. 
This species was first described from immature shells, col¬ 
lected at St. Francis Island, under the generic name Cojtiijiella 
(Trans. Roy. Soc. South Aust., vol. XXXIII. 1909, p. 271. pi. 
XXI, figs, 9-11, December). When beautiful adult shells were 
trawled in 77-105 fathoms, about 40 miles west of the meridian 
of Lucia. Verco (Trans. Row Soc, South Aust., vol. XXX\ I. 
1912. p. 220, pi. XIII. figs', 3, 4 (in colour), December) trans¬ 
ferred the species, with doubt, to X ass aria , and Cotton and Cod- 
Ire)' have continued this allocation. Actual comparison with 
specimens of the genus Iliudsia (= Nassaria olim) negative the 
association, the characters of the mouth being essentially differ¬ 
ent. while the canal and apex are also distinctive. As a matter 
o! fact the genus may still be found to be more closely related to 
('ominella (sensu lato) than to any other Australian grout'. 
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