THE PACIFIC COAST. 11 



fig. 665 &, not 665 a, Con. Icon. The resemblance will be 

 found, however, to cease with the outline, on a comparison 

 of the two shells. H. Kellettii is sometimes perforate, is 

 differently colored, and belongs rather to the group of Cali- 

 fornia Helices represented by H. areolata Sowb. and H. 

 Pandorce, Forbes, than that of H. Ca/iforniensis Lea, inter- 

 cisa, nob. and the shell before me. 



HELIX ANACHORETA. 



PLATE LXXVI. FIGURE 5. 



T. orbiculato-convexa, aperte umbilicata, cinereo-rufescens, granulata 

 et rare indenta ; spira elevata, conica; anf. 6 convexi, ultimus subtus 

 ventricosus ; sutura impressa ; perist. incrassatum, vix reflexiusculum, 

 violaceo-albidum, umbilicum baud multum occultans, marginibus approx- 

 imatis, callo conjunctis ,' faux violacea ; apertura obliqua, transverso-ro- 

 tundata. 



SYNONYMS AND REFERENCES. 



Helix anachoreta W. G. BINNEY, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. of Phila. ix. p. 185, Notes, 

 p. 5, Oct. 1857. 



DESCRIPTION. 



" Animal light ashen color, tentacles nearly white ; aver- 

 age length of some thirty specimens 2| inches (2 diameters 

 of shell) ; superior tentacles 5-8ths ; inferior 3-16ths inch ; 

 foot broad at the posterior extremity ; a line of large gran- 

 ules down the middle of the back ; sides of foot margined 

 with a line of light granules (pores) ; genital orifice poste- 

 rior to and beneath the larger tentacles. In its habits soli- 

 tary." (Thomson.) 



Shell reddish ashen, orbicularly convex; spire elevated, 

 conic ; umbilicus open, slightly concealed by the peris- 

 tome ; whorls six, granulated and sparsely indented ; su- 

 ture impressed ; below ventricose ; aperture transversely 

 rounded ; peristome thickened, scarcely reflected, whitish, 

 with a violet tinge, the extremities approaching each other 



