Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Volume III, 1863-1867Various
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Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Volume III, 1863-1867
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R. t. tenui, satis turritâ, rufocinereâ, marginibus spiræ
parum excurvatis; anfr. nucl. iii. normalibus lævibus, vertice
parum mamillato; norm. iii. subrotundatis, suturis valde
impressis; liris radiantibus circ. xviii. acutis, distantibus,
ad peripheriam evanidis; lirulis acutis spiralibus distantibus
circ. xv., quarum vi. in spirâ monstrantur, liris radiantibus
et interstitiis latis, undatis, eleganter superantibus, haud
nodulosis; basi rotundatâ, haud umbilicatâ; aperturâ ovatâ,
peritremati continuo.
Long. 0·09, long. spir. 0·05, lat. 0·05, div. 35°.
_Hab._ S. Diego; 1 sp. and fragment in shell-washings. _Cooper_.
Genus FENELLA, H. & A. Adams.
_Fenella pupoidea_, Cpr. n. s. State Collection, No. 389.
F. t. _Truncatellæformi_, sed apice haud decollato; colore
maxime variante; seu unicolori, albido, cinereo, viridescente,
rufofusco, seu splendide rubro; seu varie fusco maculato;
anfr. nucl. iii. lævibus, globosis, vertice mamillato; norm.
v. rotundatis, fere æqualibus, plus minusve solutis, suturis
subimpressis; totâ superficie tenue spiraliter striatâ;
striis in spirâ majoribus, circ. viii. distantibus, minoribus
creberrimis intercalantibus; circa basim rotundatam circ. x.
majoribus, contiguis, minoribus paucis; aperturâ circulari,
peritremati continuo, solido, ad suturam parum callosam
appresso; umbilico nullo.
Long. 0·23, long. spir. 0·16, lat. 0·09, div. 12°.
_Hab._ Monterey, 20 fm. 45, dead. _Cooper._
Genus AMPHITHALAMUS,[20] Cpr.
Testa _Rissoidea_; nucleo magno; apertura labio producto, labro
subpostice juncto, subito in adultâ contracta.
_Type._ _Amphithalamus inclusus_, Cpr. Br. Assoc. Rep. 1863, p.
656; Ann. Nat. Hist. Jan. 1865.
_Hab._ Santa Barbara, _Jewett_; S. Diego, in shell-washings.
_Cooper._
_? Amphithalamus lacunatus_, Cpr. n. s.
? A. t. adolescente “_A. incluso_” simili; nucleo similiter
minutissime et confertissime spiraliter et radiatim striulato;
sed majore, latiore, anfr. subplanatis; basi late lacunatâ,
haud carinatâ; adultâ ?..
Long. 0·06, long. spir. 0·03, lat. 0·03, div. 50°.
_Hab._ San Pedro. _Cooper._
Two dead specimens in the shell-washings of Dr. Palmer’s
consignment to the Smithsonian Institute might have been
passed over as the young of _Barleeia subtenuis_, but for
the possession of exactly the same remarkable nucleus as _A.
inclusus_. It is presumed, therefore, that they are congeneric;
if so, the adult has not been seen.
Genus DIALA, H. & A. Adams.
_Diala acuta_, Cpr. n. s. State Collection, No. 390.
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