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N E R IT O P S IS . G R A T E LO U P .
Animal and operculum unknown.
N e R IT O P S IS R A D U LA . „ r j /-r , OQ
Nerita radala. Born. 1 .17. / . 7 S .-C h em . v. / . 1940,47.-W o o d . C a t.f . 23.
In liab . In d ia n Ocean. ,
This species is also found fossil, and there are w o or three other species. They arc all known b y the
nick o u t of the middle o f the inne r lip .
V E L U T IN A .
The foot lanceolate, moderate, double in f ro n t; tentacles short, compressed, rather distant a t their base,
with a sli b t orest betwe’en th em ; eyes on .be onter side o t the t.n te c le s ne a r the b a s e ; pen.s on the r.ght
side, large, like th a t of B u c c inum in sl.ape, with subapical comcal b p ; opercnlnm none.
ST Y L IN A . Fleming.
I , appears from the slight examination tha t I have been able to make of the animal o t this genus, tha t what
Y s ta i» « , b n t p roposes to
E u lim a o t Risso. I t is remarkable th a t both the genera ate very a p t lo be curved.
L IT TO R IN A .
The tentacles subulate, la th e r d is ta n t; the eyes rather prominent on the onter base o t the tentacles ; the
ooercnlnm horny, ovate, spiral, of a few, very rapidly enlarging whorls. . r
The animals inhabit the sea coast b etween tire high and low water m arks where they are often left dry for
The“c ' l u , o t the animals o t the common E n g lish L . retusa agrees with the colonr o f the shell : thus the
orange shells have orange inhabitants, and the d usky ones dnsky ; they are always of an umform colonr, wh.le
th e animal o fth e L . nulgarUis always varied with black lines.
L i t t o r i n a i r r o r a t a , i. 3 8 ./ . 1.
Turbo irroratus. Say.
P h a s i a n e l l a s u l c a t a . Lain.
Shell obovate, conical, solid, whitish, brown dotted, spire conical, apex acute , b row n ; whorls closely
spira lly grooved, close together in front and wide r ap a rt ne a r the sutures. Month o v a te ; columellar lip
yellow bm w n ; th ro a t white ; onte r lip thickened internally, with two rows o f b rown dots n ear th e thm p a rt of
th e o ute r edge. Axis 1 inch ; diam. 8 lines.
L i t t o r i n a P e r u v i a n a , t. 3 6 ./. 8.
Phasianella Peruviana. Lam. Hist. vii. 53.
Turbo Zebra. Wood. Cat. Sup. t. 6 . / . 33.
Littorina striata. Kin g , Zool. Journ.
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