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73. Leda bellula, A. Adams.
Proc. Zool. Soc., 1856, p. 49.
A few valves.
Note.—Having sent a few valves of our supposed Leda bellula, A. Ad., to Mr. E. A. Smith, I.S.O., of the British Museum, he most obligingly compared them with the type, and wrote to me: “These valves are very like but not quite the same. They are more inequilateral—that is, the posterior half is rather longer in proportion to the anterior, the transverse sculpture is finer, and the posterior escutcheon decidedly broader.”
A number of years back Mr. R. H. Shakespear, of Little Barrier Island, dredged in about 20 fathoms between this and Tiri-Tiri Island, and the material was kindly handed over to me for examination by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, and the following is the result of the examination:—
| 1. |
Mangelia flexicostata, Suter. |
| 2. |
Murex octogonus, Quoy and Gaimard. |
| 3. |
" subsp. umbilicata, Ten.-Woods. |
| 4. |
Columbella choava, Reeve. |
| 5. |
Cominella maculata, Martyn. |
| 6. |
" huttoni, Kobelt. |
| 7. |
Vulpecula hedleyi, Murdoch. |
| 8. |
Marginella albescens, Hutton. |
| 9. |
" mustelina, Angas. |
| 10. |
" allporti, Ten.-Woods. |
| 11. |
Ancilla bicolor, Gray. |
| 12. |
Eulimella cœena, Webster. |
| 13. |
Odostomia impolita, Hutton. |
| 14. |
" rugata, Hutton. |
| 15. |
Turbonilla zealandica, Hutton. |
| 16. |
Turritella kanieriensis, Harris. |
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| 17. |
Triphora ampulla, Hedley. |
| 18. |
" infelix, Webster. |
| 19. |
Seila terebelloides, Martens. |
| 20. |
Bittium exile, Hutton. |
| 21. |
Rissoa subfusca, Hutton. |
| 22. |
" cheilostoma, Ten.-Woods. |
| 23. |
" micans, Webster. |
| 24. |
" agrestis, Webster. |
| 25. |
Rissoina olivacea, Hutton. |
| 26. |
" rosea, Hutton. |
| 27. |
" parvilirata, Suter. |
| 28. |
Calyptræa scutum, Lesson. |
| 29. |
Trichotropis inornata, Hutton. |
| 30. |
Natica zelandica, Quoy and Gaimard. |
| 31. |
Scala levifoliata, Murdoch and Suter. |
| 32. |
Crossea labiata, Ten.-Woods. |
| 33. |
Leptothyra fluctuata, Hutton. |
| 34. |
Cantharidus sanguineus, Gray. |
| 35. |
Gibbula fulminata, Hutton. |
| 36. |
Cyclostrema subtatei, Suter. |
| 37. |
Cuspidaria trailli, Hutton. |
| 38. |
Corbula zelandica, Quoy and Gaimard. |
| 39. |
" macilenta, Hutton. |
| 40. |
Psammobia stangeri, Gray. |
| 41. |
Protocardia pulchella, Gray. |
| 42. |
Chione mesodesma, Quoy and Gaimard. |
| 43. |
Mactra scalpellum, Reeve. |
| 44. |
Divaricella cumingii, Adams and Angas. |
| 45. |
Cardita calyculata, Linné. |
| 46. |
Venericardia australis, Lamarck. |
| 47. |
" corbis, Philippi. |
| 48. |
Lima bullata, Born. |
| 49. |
Pecten zelandiÆ, Gray. |
| 50. |
Barbatia decussata, Sowerby. |
| 51. |
Pectunculus laticostatus, Quoy and Gaimard. |
| 52. |
" striatularis, Lamarck. |
| 53. |
Nucula strangei, A. Adams. |