Bulletin - United States National Museum - Smithsonian Institution

SOUTH AFRICAN MARINE MOLLUSKS. 47
LATIRUS BAIRSTOWI Sowerby.
Cat. No. 186740, U.S.N.M., one specimen from Port Alfred (Coll.
No. 99).
Family FUSIDAE.
Genus FUSINUS Rafinesque.
FUSINUS OCELLIFERUS Bom.
Cat. No. 98014, U.S.N.M., two specimens from Albany; Cat. No.
186741, U.S.N.M., one from Port Alfred (Coll. No. 100).
FUSINUS CINGULATUS Smith.
Cat. No. 186742, U.S.N.M., two specimens from Port Alfred (Coll.
No. 101).
FUSINUS RUBROLINEATUS Sowerby.
Cat. No. 163018 U.S.N.M., one specimen from 90 fathoms, off Cape
St. Blaize.
Family BUCCINIDAE.
Genus COMINELLA Gray.
COMINELLA TIGRINA Kiener.
Cat. No. 16990, U.S.N.M., two specimens collected by Archer at
Cape of Good Hope. Cat. No. 186745, U.S.N.M., three from Port
Alfred (Coll. No. 104). Cat. No. 272134, U.S.N.M., three from the
Cape of Good Hope.
COMINELLA BISERIALIS Kuster.
Cat, No. 36726, U.S.N.M., six from Cape of Good Hope. Cat. No.
43053, U.S.N.M., two from the same locality.
COMINELLA PORCATA Gmelin.
Cat. No. 90, U.S.N.M., one collected by William Stimpson on the
North Pacific Exploring Expedition at Simons Bay. Cat, No. 179,
U.S.N.M., one from the same source. Cat. No. 36729, U.S.N.M.,
one from Cape of Good Hope. Cat. No. 87127, U.S.N.M., two from
Cape of Good Hope collected by W. Legrande. Cat, No. 186746,
U.S.N.M., one from Port Alfred (Coll. No. 105).
COMINELLA PORCATA MULTILIRATA, new subspecies.
Plate 4, fig. 6.
Shell a little more robust than typical porcata in outline, marked
by numerous closely spaced spiral threads. Inside of outer Up
evenly, closely, finely lirate.
The type, Cat, No. 16986, U.S.N.M., comes from Cape of Good
Hope and measures: Length, 47.5 mm.; diameter, 28.3 mm.