Bulletin - United States National Museum - Smithsonian Institution

SOUTH AFRICAN MARINE MOLLUSKS. 143
PATELLA CONSPICUA Philippi.
Cat. No. 17345, U.S.N.M., four specimens from the Cape of Good
Hope. Cat. No. 36643, U.S.N.M., two specimens from South Africa
without specific locality. Cat. No. 249896, U.S.N.M., contains a
specimen from Port Alfred (Coll. No. 1168).
PATELLA ARGENVILLEI Krauss.
Cat. No. 125367, U.S.N.M., three specimens collected by the United
States Eclipse Expedition at Cape Town. Cat. No. 186899, U.S.N.M.,
two specimens from Port Alfred (Coll. No. 269). Cat. No. 227795,
U.S.N. M., four young specimens of this species from the same locality
(Coll. No. 890).
PATELLA VARIABILIS Krauss.
Cat. No. 17351, U.S.N.M., one specimen from the Cape of Good
Hope. In addition to this, the United States National Museum contains
four lots from Port Alfred, as follows: Cat. No. 186895, two
specimens (Coll. No. 265); Cat. No. 187130a, one specimen (Coll. No.
676a) ; Cat. No. 227788, four specimens (Coll. No. 883) ; Cat. No. 227789,
four specimens (Coll. No. 884). In addition to these, we have seen
two lots in Colonel Turton's collection, 20 specimens, Coll. No. 1609,
and ten specimens, Coll. No. 1610.
PATELLA COMPRESSA Lamarck.
Cat. No. 17349, U.S.N.M., three specimens from the Cape of Good
Hope. Cat. No. 36646, U.S.N.M., three specimens collected by
William Stimpson on the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, at the
Cape of Good Hope. Cat. No. 128374, U.S.N.M., four specimens from
the Cape of Good Hope. Cat. No. 249784, U.S.N.M., contains three
young specimens from Port Alfred (Coll. No. 1056).
PATELLA MINIATA Born.
Cat. No. 32014, U.S.N.M., five specimens from the Cape of Good
Hope. Cat. No. 90620, U.S.N.M., two specimens from the same
place. Cat. No. 128380, U.S.N.M., two specimens from the same
locality. In addition to these, the United States National Museum
contains four lots from Port Alfred; Cat. No. 186897, four specimens
(Coll. No. 267); Cat. No. 227790, six specimens (Coll. No. 885); Cat.
No. 227791, six specimens (Coll. No. 886); Cat. No. 249783, two
specimens (Coll. No. 1055). Cat. No. 253740, U.S.N.M., are specimens
from Tafalbi, South Africa.
PATELLA COCHLEAR Born.
Cat. No. 17344, U.S.N.M., six specimens from the Cape of Good
Hope. Cat. No. 90621, U.S.N.M., one specimen from the same place.
In addition to these, the United States National Museum contains
four lots from Port Alfred, as follows: Cat. No. 186903, one specimen