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Trochus (s. str.) conus, Gmelin (1792).
Syn. T. acutangulus, Chemnitz (not binomial); T. elatus, Lamarck.
A very young specimen of this to me unknown shell was found a few years ago by the lighthouse-keeper of Cape Maria van Dieman, and kindly presented to me. As usual in such cases, there was no literature and no comprehensive collection at my disposal, and I again availed myself of Professor W. H. Dall's
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great kindness for identifying the specimen. The species is said to occur at the Philippine Islands, and its turning up on the northern shore of New Zealand is rather surprising.