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The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
Purpura Armigera, Chemnitz
Purpura Armigera, Chemnitz.
Tryon, loc. cit., p. 163, p1. xlvi., figs, 50, 51.
Abundant on the outer reef of Funafuti. where its massive shell enables it to withstand the heaviest surf. In aged specimens the projecting points are worn down to the stump.
page 460Tryon quotes this from the Paumotus, and Schmeltz from Bowen (Queensland). It is in this Museum from New Caledonia and British New Guinea.