. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). RECLASSIFICATION OF THE GASTROPOD FAMILY VERMETIDAE 199. Fig. 26. Dendropoma lituella, sketch of lectotype, to illustrate manner of coiling California, x 3. () Reg. No. 195917. Fig. 27. D. lituella, nuclear whorls. Stanford Univ. collection, southern California X25. Fig. 28. Same, operculum, full view of a specimen with the membranous laminar surface exceptionally well preserved, x 10. Fig. 29. Side view of same specimen. Assignable species : D. {D.) andamanicum (Prashad & Rao, 1933) [Vermetus]. Indian Ocean. D. (D.) corrodens (O
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). RECLASSIFICATION OF THE GASTROPOD FAMILY VERMETIDAE 199. Fig. 26. Dendropoma lituella, sketch of lectotype, to illustrate manner of coiling California, x 3. () Reg. No. 195917. Fig. 27. D. lituella, nuclear whorls. Stanford Univ. collection, southern California X25. Fig. 28. Same, operculum, full view of a specimen with the membranous laminar surface exceptionally well preserved, x 10. Fig. 29. Side view of same specimen. Assignable species : D. {D.) andamanicum (Prashad & Rao, 1933) [Vermetus]. Indian Ocean. D. (D.) corrodens (Orbigny, 1842) [Vermetus]. Caribbean. D. [D.) leztcozonias (Morch, 1861) [Siphonium]. West Africa. D. (D.) lituella (Mdrch, 1861) [type species : as Siphonium]. California. D. (D.) luchuanum (Kuroda, 1928) [Vermitoma]. Japan. D. {D.) marchadi Keen & Morton, i960. West Africa. D. (D.) wa«»«Mm (Sowerby, 1825) [Serpula]. East Indies. [Lectotype in ().] D. (D.) nebulosum (Dillwyn, 1817) [Serpula]. Caribbean. D. (D.) planorbis (Dunker, i860) [Vermetus]. Japan. D. (D.) rastrum (Morch, 1861) [Vermicuhis]. California. Subgenus NOVASTOA Finlay, 1927 (Text-figs. 30-33) Colonial forms, usually encrusting rocks in honeycomb-like sheets. Nuclear whorls as in Dendropoma, s. s., later whorls in tight, angulate coils spiralling upward from substrate. Operculum bright reddish brown, flattened to convex, the inner central mamilla conspicuous, the inner margin polished, the outer surface 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 British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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