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Shell suborbicular, convexly depressed, imperforate, whitish, with 
rufous spots, ornamented with small, close-set, beaded, transverse 
ribs ; aperture oblique, subcircular. 
Hab. -? (Mus. Metcalf.) 
Stomatella decolorata, Gould. 
Hab. Mangsi Island; Gould. 
Species unknown to me. “Allied to S. metadata, Quoy, but the 
spire is less elevated, aperture more round, and a plain white lunate 
area adjacent to the columella.” 
Stomatella decolorata, Gould, Expedition, Shells, p. 51. 
Stomatella papyracea, Chemnitz. 
Hab. China Sea and Sooloo Archipelago. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Turbo papyraceus, Chemnitz. Stomatella tumida, Gould, Expedi¬ 
tion, Shells, p. 51. 
Stomatella malukana, Adams. S. testa suborbiculatd, con- 
vexd, imperforatd, transversim sulcata, longitudinaliter striata, 
costulis transversis striatis cinctd, mustelind rufo-fusco varie- 
gata, subtiis costis albo rufoque articulatis ; spira prominuld ; 
aperturd ovali, longiore quam laiiore. 
Hab. in insulis Moluccis. 
Shell suborbicular, convex, imperforate, transversely sulcated, longi¬ 
tudinally striated, encircled with transversely striated ribs, yellowish 
brown variegated with red brown, inferiorly the ribs articulated with 
white and fuscous ; spire rather prominent; aperture oval, longer 
than wide. 
Hab. Molluccas. 
Stomatella orbiculata, Adams. S. testa suborbiculari, con- 
vexd, virescenti, castaneo variegatd, transversim sulcata, longi¬ 
tudinaliter striata, costis confertis rotundatis; spira promi¬ 
nuld, anfractibus rotundatis ; aperturd subcircidari, intus viri- 
descenti. 
Hab. in freto Mosambico. 
Shell suborbicular, convex, greenish, variegated with chestnut, 
transversely sulcated, longitudinally striated, with numerous round, 
close-set, transverse ribs ; spire prominent, whorls rounded; aperture 
nearly circular, pearly and green internally. 
Hab. Mosambique, under stones, low water; Rev. W. V. Henner. 
(Mus. Cuming.) 
Stomatella japonica, Adams. S. testa suborbiculari, imper¬ 
foratd, convexd, fused, transversim costulatd, costulis confertis 
nodidosis, interstitiis tenuissime longitudinaliter striatis; spird 
prominuld, anfractibus costatis rotundatis; aperturd subcircu- 
lari, intus margaritaced. 
Hab. in insulis Japonicis. 
Shell suborbicular, imperforate, convex, fuscous, transversely 
ribbed ; ribs small, nodulous, close together ; interstices with smaller 
