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.
Natica melanostoma, Gmelin
Natica melanostoma, Gmelin.
Tryon, op. cit., p. 50, pl. xxi., figs. 13-18; pl. xxii., fig. 21.
A few empty shells were picked up on the beach of the lagoon.
Examples from Eagle Island, Queensland, British New Guinea and New Caledonia are shown in this Museum.