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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4: Zoology
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Zoology -- Periodicals
"Habitat in mari Pacifico", "Pet. Amb. t. 7. f. 5" (copied from
Rumphius, t. 31. f. B.), and "Bonan. t. 3 f. 1" (cited in the 'Systema')
were the unprinted additions.
V. CYMBIUM. The entire account of this shell was in the handwriting of
Linnæus, and inserted at a later period than the mass of species. The
decided reference to Gualtieri _was not in the manuscript_.
V. OLLA was not mentioned in the written catalogue.
* * * * *
In addition to the species published in the 'Museum,' the following were
also characterized in the manuscript:--
V. FABA. _V._ ovata, antice subplicata, labii exterioris margine
reflexo, basi rotundata.
Bonan. 3. f. 49.
Testa magnitudine vix fabæ, ovalis, lævis, antice subplicata, livida,
punctis fuscis aspersa. Spira testæ 1/2 brevior, subplicata. Labium
exterius reflexum, basi rotundatum integrum.
This was evidently the shell so designated in the 'Systema.'
V. GRANULATA. _V._ fusiformis, sulcis longitudinalibus, striisque
transversalibus.
Rumph. Mus. t. 29. f. V.
Arg. Conch. t. 12. f. V.
Testa facie antecedentis, sed sulci et striæ contrariæ, fusiformis,
sulcis longitudinalibus elevatis obtusis, striis transversalibus
exaratis. Color cinereus, fasciis linearibus 2 rubris ex punctis. Spira
longitudine ventris. Apertura præcedentis.
This was the _V. sanguisuga_ of the 'Systema.'
The preceding species referred to was
V. LIMA. _V._ fusiformis, sulcis transversis, striisque
longitudinalibus.
Rumph. Mus. t. 28. f. T.
Testa fusiformis, scabriuscula, striis longitudinalibus secundum testam,
et sulcis secundum anfractus adscendentibus margine acutiusculis. Color
albidus sulcis elevatis rubris--albidus sulcis elevatis flavis albo
interruptis. Spira longitudine ventris. Apertura oblonga, intus alba.
Basis acuta, emarginata. Labium exterius integrum; interius nullum.
Columella dentibus 4 obliqius.
These features fairly enough suit the _Mitra filosa_, generally, and
with reason, supposed to be the _V. filaris_ of the 'Mantissa.' The
cited figure however, seems _M. gracilis_ of Reeve.
BUCCINUM.
The species which compose this group in the 'Museum' were originally
separated under many generic designations.
1. BUCCINUM. Testa ovata, ventricosa. Apertura integra, semilunaris,
superne extrorsum, postice introrsum.
2. CASSIDA. Testa ovata, gibba. Cauda reflexa oblique. Apertura
longitudinalis, obliqua.
3. LYRA. Testa ovata, ventricosa. Apertura ovata, patens, pone
submarginata. Labium interius nullum. Columella compressa, nitida.
4. TURRICULA. (No definition: evidently intended for all the turreted
shells.)
5. MORION. Testa oblonga, inermis. Apertura oblonga, labio interiore
reflexo unidentato.
In the first were located the _Dolia_, and _B. echinophorum_; in the
second the _Cassides_, with _B. papillosum_ and _arcularia_; in the
third the _Harpæ_ and _Purpuræ_; in the fourth the _Terebræ_; in the
fifth _B. glans_, _spiratum_, _glabratum_.
_B. undosum_ was located in _Murex_.
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