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.
Cypæa vitellus, Linne
Cypæa vitellus, Linne.
Tryon, loc. cit., p. 182, pl. xiii., figs. 72, 73; Garrett, loc. cit., pp. 106, 121.
One specimen was obtained at Funafuti by Mr. Sweet.
Garrett took this species at Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Gilberts, Carolines, Cook's, Society, Paumotus, Marquesas, and Hawaii. It ranges along the Australian coast south to Sydney. Further instances from Niue, the Louisiades, New Caledonia, and Erromanga, are supplied by this Museum.