. The atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group: its zoology, botany, ethnology, and general structure based on collections made by Mrs. Charles Hedley, of the Australian museum, Sydney, N. S. W. 502 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. Venus puerpera, L., var. listeri, Gray. Reeve, loc. cit., pi. v., sp. 14. Several adult valves were taken on the lagoon beach; and what seems a very young shell was caught by the tangles in forty to eighty fathoms on the western slope of the atoll. Venerupis macrophylla, Deshayes. Sowerby, Thes. Conch., ii., 1855, p. 763, pi. clxv., fig. 20. One small specimen taken boring dead coral in the
. The atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group: its zoology, botany, ethnology, and general structure based on collections made by Mrs. Charles Hedley, of the Australian museum, Sydney, N. S. W. 502 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. Venus puerpera, L., var. listeri, Gray. Reeve, loc. cit., pi. v., sp. 14. Several adult valves were taken on the lagoon beach; and what seems a very young shell was caught by the tangles in forty to eighty fathoms on the western slope of the atoll. Venerupis macrophylla, Deshayes. Sowerby, Thes. Conch., ii., 1855, p. 763, pi. clxv., fig. 20. One small specimen taken boring dead coral in the lagoon. Naranio lapicida, Chemnitz. Sowerby, Thes. Conch., ii., 1855, p. 776, pi. clxvi., fig. 26. Found boring loose coral blocks in the lagoon. Schmeltz quotes this from Yap, Pelews. Sowerby mentions it from Australia ; though no doubt it occurs on the Great Barrier Reef, I am not acquainted with Australian examples of the typical form with posterior radiating ribs. A thinner, smoother form, (var. divaricata) has been noticed in South Australia. A useful index to the genus is given by Tryon. * Kellia pacifica, sp. nov. (Fig. 54).. Fig. 54. Shell oblong, inflated, most glossy, iridescent by reflected light. Equivalve, margins closed. Inequilateral to the extent of the posterior being twice the length of the anterior. Colour milky on the umbom-s, cream on the ventral margins, with concentric opaque and translucent zones. Sculptured by delicate unequal growth lines which grow coarser with age. Beaks small, almost touching, forwardly directed. Ventral margin straight, anteriorly truncated, posterior rounded and dorsal gently curved. * Tryon—Ai«. Journ. Conch., vii., 1872, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Australian Museum; Hedley, Charles. Sydney
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