SUTER: NEW ZEALAND TROCHID®, 970 
19. CANTHARIDUS PURPURATUS (Martyn). 
Limax purpuratus, Martyn: Uniy. Conch., pl. Lxviii (17 84), 
Cantharidus purpuratus (Martyn): Hutton, Man. New Zealand Moll. 
p- 99; Hutton, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. ix, 
p- 361; Hutton, Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. xv, 
p. 124, pl. xiv, fig. © (radula) ; Pilsbry, Man. Conch. 
ser. T, vol. xi, p. 124, pl. xlv, fig. 44, 
Trochus rostratus, Gmelin: Syst. Nat., 18th ed., p. 8580. 
Trochus elegans, Gmelin, t.c., p 3581. | 
Phasianella rubella, Menke : Syn. Meth. Moll., p. 51 (teste Hutton). 
Trochus pallidus, Hombr. & Jacq.: Voy. Pole Sud, Zool. vol. vy, p. 55, 
pl. xiv, figs. 12, 13 (not pallidus, Forbes). 
Cantharidus pallidus (Hombr. & Jacq.): Hutton, Man New Zealand 
Moll., p. 100. 
Trochus rostratus, Kiener: Spec. et Icon., pl. xlvi, fig. 1. 
Trochus torosus (Quoy MS ): Kiener, op. cit., pl. xlvi, fig. 3. 
Cantharidus purpuratus (Martyn): Pilsbry, Man. Conch., ser. 1, vol. xi, 
p. 125, pl. xlv, fig. 45. 
Shell imperforate, acutely conical, first whorls reddish or reddish- 
green, the remainder whitish, sometimes ornamented with rosy oblique 
streaks; spirally cingulate, cinguli flat, five on the penultimate whorl, 
the narrow interstices lamellose-striate. Last whorl subangular, con- 
vex beneath, Aperture subtrapezoidal, lirate and highly iridescent 
within. Columella nearly vertical Alt. 22, diam. 16mm.; alt. 32, 
diam. 19mm.; alt. 24, diam. 20 mm 
Hab.—Auckland to Banks’ Peninsula; on rocks, but more often on 
floating seaweeds. 
Var. texturata, Gould. 
Lrochus teeturatus, Gould: Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. iti (1849); 
p- 90. 
Cantharidus texturatus (Gould): Hutton, Man. New Zealand Moll., 
p. 99; Trans New Zealand Inst., vol. xiv, p. 165, pl. vu, 
fig. I (radula); Pilsbry, Man. Conch., ser. 1, vol. x1, 
p. 125, pl. xlv, figs. 41-3. 
The ribs with a secondary sculpture of fine spiral striz, the whole 
surface covered by sharp incremental strie. 
Hab.—The same as the type. 
20. CanrHaripus pupittus, Hutton. 
Cantharidus pupillus, Hutton: Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 
| vol. ix (1884), p. 862 (not Zrochus pupillus, Gould) ; 
Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. xiv, p. 165, pl. vu, 
fic. K (radula); Pilsbry, Man. Conch., ser. 1, vol. x1, 
p:. 180. 
