ABSTRACT

Affinities. This species is allied to B. unguiformis and B. varians, but is perhaps more nearly related to the recent B. allium, an inhabitant of the Barrier Reef of Australia. The longitudinally folded variety (b) can hardly be distinguished by external aspect, or even by the opercular valves, from B. crenatus; but when the shell is disarticulated, the porose walls and non-porose basis of B. crenatus, allow of no mistake in the diagnosis of the two species.