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Alexia “Leach” Gray, 1847, Proc. Zodl. Soc. London, p, 179. . Monotype: 
Voluta denticulata Montagu (not Alexia Stephens, 1834). 
Alexia section Kochia Patuary, 1900, Journ. de Conchyl., XLVIII, p. 239. 
Type by designation of di Monterosato (1906, Il Naturalista Siciliano, XVIII, p. 
125): Kochia oranica Pallary (not Kochia Frech, 1888). 
Myosotella pt MontTEROSATO, 1906, Il Naturalista Siciliano, XVIII, p. 126. Type 
by original designation: Alexia payraudeaui “Shuttleworth” Pfeiffer. 
Nealexia Wenz, December, 1920, Senckenbergiana, II, 6, p. 190. Substitute for 
Alexia Gray, with same type. 
One South African species has been described: 
Phytia acuminata (Morelet) = Alexia acuminata Moreet, 1889, Journ. de 
Conchyl., XX XVII, p. 15, Pl. 1, fig. 11. Alexia pulchella More LET, 1889, op. cit., 
p. 15, Pl. 1, fig. 10. Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. 
AURICULASTRA FE. v. Martens 
Marinula subgenus Auriculastra E. v. Martens, 1880, in K. Mobius, ‘ Beitrage 
z. Meeresfauna Mauritius,’ p. 207. Monotype: Marinula elongata Kiister. 
Most of the Ethiopian species described as Auriculz appear to belong 
to Auriculastra. : 
Auriculasira acuta ey 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) X, p. 121. 
Estuary of Komati River, Rikatla, Portuguese East Africa. 
Auriculastra amplicata (Jickeli) = Lemodonta amplicata JicKELI, 1874, Nova Acta. 
Ac. Nat. Cur. Dresden, XX XVII, 1, p. 180, Pl. vu, fig. 5. Dahlak Island in the 
Red Sea. 
Auriculasira bronni (Philippt)=Auricula bronnit Puitipri, 1846, Zeitschr. f. 
Malakoz., III, p. 98. Lemodonta bronit Jicket1, Nova Acta Ac. Nat. Cur. Dresden, 
XXXVII 1, p. 178, Pl. vu, fig. 3. Described from the Sandwich Islands; this species 
has been reported by oe from the Red Sea. 
Auriculastra catonis (Melvill and Ponsonby) =Auricula catonis MELVILL AND 
PonsonBy, 1899, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) IV, p. 199, Pl. mm, fig. 13. Cato’s Creek 
near Durban, Natal. 
A realest gaztensis (Preston) = Auricula gaziense Preston, 1913, Rey. Zool. 
Afric., IIT, 1, p. 54, Pl. v, fig. 18. Gazi, on the coast of Kenya Colony. 
Oaeontastee oblonga (Jickeli) = Lzemodonta oblonga JICKELI, 1874, Nova Acta 
Ac. Nat. Cur. Dresden, XX XVII, p: 179, Pl. vu, fig. 4. MW ects ciel PFEIFFER, 
1876, ‘Monogr. Pneumonop. Viv.,’ IV, p..424. Coast of Eritrea. 
-Auriculastra radiolata (vinnie = M. elampus radiolatus MORELET, 1860, ‘Séries 
Conchyl.,’ II, p. 93, Pl. v1, fig. 11. Auricula durbanica MELVILL AND Ponsonsy, 1899, 
Ann. Mag. N. at. Hist. (7) IV, p. 199, Pl. 11, fig. 14. Zanzibar and the Coast of Natal. 
This is the species necorded from Natal by Krauss (1848, ‘Siidafrik. Mollusk.,’ p. 
82) as Auricula pellucens “Menke.” 
~~ Auriculastra socotrensis (E. A. Smith) = Auricula D obhi tenet EK. A. Sirsa, 
1897, Journ. of Malacol., VI, p. 37, Pl. v, figs. 8-Sa. Sokotra. 
.  Auriculastra subula (Gate ond Gaimard) = Auricula subula Quoy AND GAIMARD, 
18380, ‘Voyage de l’ Astrolabe, Zool.;’ I; p. 17 1, Pl. xm, figs. 39-40. New Ireland. 
Jickeli has recorded this species iron the Red ae 
