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
Various
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D. t. parvâ, turrito-conicâ, cerinâ, politâ, nitente; anfr.
nucl. ii. naticoideis, vertice mamillato, apice indistincto;
norm. v., omnino planatis, suturis indistinctis; peripheriâ
acute angulatâ, vix carinatâ; basi omnino planatâ; aperturâ
subquadratâ; peritremati continuo; labro postice paullum
contracto; labio appresso; columellâ antice angulatâ, vix
sinuatâ.
Long. 0·15, long. spir. 0·09, lat. 0·07, div. 29°.
_Hab._ Catalina Is. 8-10 fm.; on beach to Monterey. _Cooper._
_Diala marmorea_, Cpr. n. s.
D. t. solidâ, exacte conicâ, læviâ, nitente; subdiaphane
pallidâ, rufo maculatâ; anfr. nucl. rotundatis, planorbeis,
sub-oblique sitis, apice celato; norm. vi. planatis, suturis
indistinctis; basi planatâ, sub-angulatâ; aperturâ ovali,
peritremati continuo, haud varicoso.
Long. 0·17, long. spir. 0·11, lat. 0·08, div. 31°.
_Hab._ Monterey, S. Pedro; _Cooper_. Lower California, off
Haliotis. _Rowell._
The description is written from a single perfect specimen
in Mr. Rowell’s collection, and some fragments from the
shell-washings of Dr. Cooper’s.
Genus STYLIFERINA, A. Adams.
_Styliferina turrita_, Cpr. n. s.
St. t. minimâ, albidâ, solidiore, lævi, turritâ; anfr. nud.
iii. subnaticoideis, apice mamillato; norm. v. planatis,
angustis, suturis parum impressis; basi subito rotundatâ,
haud umbilicatâ; aperturâ subrotundatâ; labro postice parum
contracto.
Long. 0·06, long. spir. 0·04, lat. 0·02, div. 20°.
_Hab._ S. Pedro. _Cooper._
A single specimen of this tiny shell was found in the
shell-washings of Dr. Palmer’s consignment. The mouth is
unfortunately choked up with a grain of coarse sand which I
have not been able to extract.
Genus? JEFFREYSIA, Alder.
_? Jeffreysia translucens_, Cpr. n. s.
? J. t. “_Barleeiæ subtenui_” simili, sed tenuiore, tumidiore;
corneâ, pallide fulvâ, lævi, nitente, satis diaphanâ; anfr.
nucl. normalibus, apice submamillato; norm. iv. subconvexis,
suturis distinctis; basi rotundatâ, haud umbilicatâ; aperturâ
ovatâ, peritremati vix continuo; labro acuto; labio appresso,
regione umbilicari parum calloso.
Long. 0·08, long. spir. 0·045, lat. 0·06, div. 55°.
_Hab._ S. Diego; in shell-washings. _Cooper._
Only one specimen having been seen, without animal or even
operculum, the genus is doubtful. In its slight labial deposit
it resembles _“Litiopa” dubiosa_, C. B. Adams.
Genus CYTHNA, A. Adams.
_Cythna albida_, Cpr. n. s.
C. t. minutâ, albidâ, lævi, diaphanâ, latâ; anfr. nucl.
normalibus, vertice mamillato; norm. iii. tumidis, rotundatis,
rapide augentibus, suturis valde impressis; basi rotundatâ,
valde umbilicatâ; umbilico subangulato; aperturâ subrotundatâ;
peritremati continuo, acuto, t. adultâ nonnunquam à pariete
separato.
Long. 0·03, long. spir. 0·015, lat. 0·025, div. 80°.
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