water mark, among boulders, in sheltered positions. 
Bay of Islands to Cook Strait. Mount Maunganui; 
Chatham Islands. 
EUCHELUS BELLUS (eu, well; chele, a claw; bellus, 
beautiful).—A small, globular, spiral univalve, about three- 
sixteenths of an inch in diameter, of a brownish or bluish- 
black colour; or deep dove-grey with mouse-coloured 
splashes down the shell, in very clean specimens. The shell 
is pearly where the epidermis is worn off. There are only 
about five whorls, and the sculpture consists of rounded 
and well-beaded ribs, spirally arranged round the shell. 
The aperture is rounded, the outer lip thick, bevelled off 
to a fine edge, and marked with grooves corresponding to 
the external ribs. The inner lip is characterised by two 
rounded knob-like teeth at the lower end, separated by a 
rounded or semi-circular notch, suggesting slightly a pair 
of claws. The interior is pearly. The creature lives under 
boulders about low-tide mark, and is usually almost entirely 
covered with sponge. As this sponge grows rather ex- 
tensively on the boulders, the Euchelus bellus is very apt 
to be overlooked. 
Bay of Islands; Mount Maunganui; Cook Strait; 
Chatham Islands. 
TURBO GRANOSUS (turbo, a whipping top; grano- 
sus, granulated).—This rare shell is a spiral univalve of 
a purplish-red or purplish-brown colour, sculptured with 
spiral strings of beads, smaller strings alternating with 
larger ones. Round the largest circumference of the body 
whorl and below it are three spiral ribs in which the bead- 
ing has almost disappeared, varied, however, with alter- 
nate patches of purplish brown and white. The beading 
again becomes more pronounced, but of small size on the 
base. To the outer side of the columella is a band of 
pink. The mouth is almost circular; the spire is much 
shorter than the height of the aperture. Internally, the 
shell is pearly and the operculum is white and shelly. 
Specimens are usually covered with nulliporites, but after 
soaking in cold water for an hour or so the growth may 
be easily removed with the point of a small penknife or 
a needle. It attains a diameter of two and a-half inches. 
Found washed ashore after gales. : 
Bay of Islands; Mount Maunganui; Cook Strait; 
Stewart and Chatham Islands. . 
TURBO SMARAGDUS (turbo, a whipping top; smar- 
agdus, an emerald, a bright green stone).—A large rounded 
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No, 9 
Plate II 
No. 12 
Plate II 
No. 11 
Sea Shells 
of New Zealand 
