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3. Mitromorpha striata, Hutton, sp.

Bela striata, Hutton, Cat. Tert. Moll. N.Z., 1873, p. 5. Daphnella striata, Hutton, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1886 (1887), p. 214; Pliocene Moll. N.Z., in Macleay Mem. Vol., 1893, p. 52, pl. 7, fig. 33.

One specimen was dredged by Captain J. Bollons in 37 fathoms off Cuvier Island, and kindly presented to me. It

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is smaller than Pliocene specimens usually are, being 16 mm. high, but otherwise it cannot be separated from the fossil form. This species appears first in the Upper Miocene of New Zealand.

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