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at low water upon the Coral Reefs, in the entrance of Prince Regent's River, on the North-west Coast. 42. Nerita atrata, Lam. Hist. 6 pt. 2. 191. Icon. Chemn. Conch. 5 t. 190. f. 1954, 1955. 43. Nerita textilis, Gmelin. Syst. Nat. 3683. Icon. Chemn. 5 190, f. 1944, 1945. 44. Natica mamilla, Lam. Hist. 6 pt. 2. 197. Nerita mamilla, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 3672. Icon. Lister Conch. t. 571. f. 22. Enc. Meth. plate 453. f. 5. a. b. 45. Natica alba, n. Icon. Chemn. 5 t. 189. f. 1922. 1923. 46. Natica conica, Lam. Hist. 6 pt. 2. 198. Icon. Chemn. 5 t. 189. f. 1930. 1931. 47. Littorina australis (n.s.) Testa ovata, conica fulva rudis spiraliter striata sulcata, spira acuta, fauce livida. Shell ovate, conical, fulvous-brown, rough, with numerous impressed spiral lines; the spire acute, the whorls rather convex, last slightly angular, the columella lip purplish-brown; axis solid, with a lunate concavity behind the usual situation of the umbilicus. 48. Littorina unifasciata (n.s.) Testa ovato-conica imperforata purpureo-albida laevigata, anfractibus convexis ultimo subangulato, apertura purpurea unifasciata. Icon. -- Shell ovate conical, nearly smooth, with only a few concentric ridges, and distant, scarcely impressed, very narrow, grooves; white or purplish-white outside; the whorls rather convex, last one slightly angular in front; mouth ovate; throat purple or purplish-black with a distinct broad white spiral band just below the slight external keel; inner lip purple with a deep concavity behind it; spire acute half the length of the shell; axis 8/12, diameter 6/12, of an inch. This shell has somewhat the shape of Littorina zigzag, the Trochus zigzag of Montague, but is all of one colour externally and has a much shorter spire. 49. Cerithium palustre, Brug. Dict. n. 19. Lam. Hist. 7 66. Strombus palustris, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 3521. Number 38. Icon. Lister. Conch. t. 836. f. 62. t. 837. f. 63. Seba, 3 t. 50. f. 13. 14. 17-19. Martini Conch. 4 t. 156. f. 1472. 50. Cerithium ebeninum, Brug. Dict. n. 26. Lam. Hist. 7 67. Icon. Chem. Conch. 10 t. 162. f. 1548, 1549. Ency. Meth. t. 442. f. 1. a, b. 51. Cerithium morus, Lam. Hist. 7 75. not Brug. Icon. Lister. t. 1024. f. 90 ? 52. Cerithium lima ? Lam. Hist. 7 77. Brug. Number 33. A broken shell apparently of this species was brought home, but when a more perfect specimen is round, it may prove to be distinct from it. 53. Cerithium perversum ? Lam.
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