PARTULA, TAHITI. 



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675. HARTMAN, Cat. Part., p. 10. Partula affinis PEASE, 

 Amer. Jour. Conch., iii, 1867, p. 224; Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, 

 p. 473. SCHMELTZ, Cat. Mus. Godeff., v, p. 92. PFEIFFER, 

 Mon. Hel., viii, p. 204. P. affinis var. dubia Pse. MS., 

 GARRETT, t. c. p. 49. Partula sinistrorsa PEASE, MS. in Coll. 

 Pease, 1863. SCHMELTZ, Cat. Mus. Godeff., v, p. 92.- 

 PFEIFFER, Mon. Hel., viii, p. 209. -- GLOYNE, Quart. Jour. 

 Conch., i, p. 337. Partula sinistralis PEASE, MS. in coll. 

 Pease, 1863. PFEIFFER, Mon. Hel., viii, p. 209. GARRETT, 

 t. c., p. 49. Partula crassa PEASE, MS., GARRETT, J. A. N. 

 S. P., ix, 1884, p. 49. Partula brevicula PEASE, MS., 

 GARRETT, t. c., p. 49. Partula perversa PEASE, MS., H. H. 

 SMITH, Ann. Carnegie Mus., i, p. 442, no. 4188. 



Bruguiere's account is given above, since it seems to indi- 

 cate a darker, more elongate shell than that generally ac- 

 cepted as typical otaheitana. 



"The metropolis of the typical otaheitana is about two 

 miles up Pautaua valley, on the northwest part of Tahiti, 

 where it is very abundant on the trunks and foliage of trees 

 and bushes. The above-mentioned valley being close to the 

 principal harbor which was frequented by the early naviga- 

 tors, it was undoubtedly where Bruguiere's type was ob- 

 tained. 



' ' The Fautaua shells, which are very variable in size, shape, 

 and color, are never ornamented by spiral bands, and about 

 one-third of the specimens are sinistral. The parietal tooth 

 is nearly always present in the adults, and the peristome, 

 though usually white, is frequently pinky flesh-color. The 

 prevailing colors are straw-yellow, reddish fulvous, light 

 'chestnut, frequently with the spire more or less tinted with 

 reddish and often with longitudinal strigations. The spire 

 is more or less produced, and the aperture varies some in size 

 and shape. 



"The shape of the shell varies from abbreviate-ovate to 

 elongate-ovate, as the following measurements will show: 

 Length 21, diana. 10 mm. Dextral specimen. 

 Length 16, diam. 10 mm. Dextral specimen. 



