hells 
of ae Zealand 
Plate VIII 
No. 25 
Plate VIII 
No. 28 
Plate VIII 
No. 27 
having about fourteen whorls. Wondertully like the largest 
Screw shell, it differs from the T. rosea in having a spire 
angled at fifteen degrees, in marked distinction to the other 
of twenty degrees, well shown in the illustrations. The 
specific name is derived from Queen Charlotte Sound, 
whence the species was dredged in ten fathoms of water, 
during the Challenger Expedition, It appears to thrive 
in a muddy situation, and is about one and a-half to two 
inches in length. 
North and South Islands. Manukau Harbour; Mount 
Maunganui. 
TURRITELLA FULMINATA (turritella, a little tower; 
fulmen, lightning).—A narrowly-tapering Screw shell of 
slender proportions, characterised by having two prominent 
spiral cords on each whorl and somewhat wavy longitudinal 
streaks of a fawn-brown colour arranged down the whole 
length of the shell. Each whorl is flattened in outline from 
above downwards, and bevelled off sharply above and be- 
low, so that the suture is plainly defined. The specific 
name, Fulminata, is suggested, no doubt, by the resemblance 
of the coloured zigzag streaks to the popular conception of 
forked lightning. It will be noted that when a species is 
named, like this one, on account of some outstanding fea- 
ture, it is quite easy to remember the name, however diffi- 
cult it may appear at first sight. If we memorise a church 
steeple during a thunderstorm, we can visualise the Turri- 
tella fulminata at once when we read of it, and all the 
salient points can be indelibly fixed in the mind. It is 
about an inch and a-quarter in length. 
Great Barrier Island; Auckland Harbour; Hauraki 
Gulf; Bay of Islands; Mount Maunganui. 
TURRITELLA PAGODA (turritella, a little tower; 
pagoda, a Chinese tower).—A small Screw shell with a 
most appropriate name, each succeeding whorl being splayed 
outwards as it descends, and then becoming sharply con- 
tracted inwards towards the suture, after the fashion of 
a Chinese pagoda. It is narrow and slender, whitish in 
colour, splashed with yellowish markings and attaining a 
height of seven-eighths of an inch. 
Found off the Great Barrier Island; Bay of Islands; 
Cuvier Island; Hauraki Gulf. 
TURRITELLA ROSEA (turritella, a little tower; ro- 
sea, rose-coloured).—This Screw shell is the largest and 
most plentiful of the genus, and attains a length of two 
and a-half or three inches. Though very similar in shape 
to the T. Carlottae, it is of stouter build. Of two speci- 
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