MELAMPUS. 169 



paries et columella callo nitente induta ; denies parietales duo, intrantes 

 albidi, infero magiori ; septas internae absorptas. 



SYNONYMS AND REFERENCES. 



Auricula Jfidce parva fusca unicolor MARTINI and CHEMNITZ, vol. ii. p. 119, t. 43, 



f. 446. 



FAVANNE, t. 65, f. H. 4, (teste Pfr.) 

 Valuta n. 108 SCHKOTER, Einl. i. p. 273. 

 Voluta pusitta GMELIN, Syst. p. 3436, (teste Pfr.) 

 DILLWYN, Cat. i. p. 507. 

 WOOD, Index, t. 19, fig. 20. 



Voluta triplicata DONOVAN, Brit. Shells, vol. v. pi. 138, (1808). 

 MONTAGU, Test. Brit. Suppl. p. 99. 

 DILLWYN, Cat. p. 507. 

 WOOD, Ind. pi. 19, f. 19. 



Bulimus ovulus BRUGUIERE, Encycl. Meth. i. p. 339. 

 Jfelampa ovulum SCHWEIGGER, Handb. p. 739, (teste Pfr.) 

 Auricula ovula ( Conovula) FERUSSAC, Tabl. Syst. p. 108, (absq. desc.) 

 Auricula nitens LAMARK, An. s. Vert. vol. vi. 2, p. 141. 



DESHAYES in Lam. vol. viii. p. 332; ed. 3, vol. iii. p. 387. 

 CHEMNITZ, ed. 2, Auric, p. 18, pi. ii. f. 11-13. 

 Auricula pusilla DESHAYES in Lam. vol. viii. p. 332. 



JAY, Cat. (absq. desc.) p. 265. 



Auricula leucodonta NUTTALL, mss. teste H. et A. ADAMS. 

 Ckmovulus nitens VOIGHT in Cuv. Thierr. III. p. 112, (teste Pfr.) 

 Conovulus pusillus ANTON, Verz. p. 48. 



FORBES and HANLEY, Brit. Moll. vol. iv., p. 197, (absq. desc.) 

 Melampus pusillus C. B. ADAMS, Contr. Conch, p. 42, 186, (absq. desc.) 

 PFEIFFER, Monog. Auric. Viv. p. 48. 

 POEY, Mem. i. p 394, (absq. desc.) 

 SHUTTLE WORTH, absq. desc. 

 Pythia ovulum BECK. Ind. p. 104, (teste Pfr. ) 

 Pythia triplicata BECK, Ind. p. 104, (teste Pfr.) 

 Tralia pusilla GRAY in Turt. Man. p. 21, (absq. desc.) 



H. et A. ADAMS, Gen. Eec. Moll. vol. ii. (Sept. 1855,) p. 244, pi. 82, 



f. 8. 

 Tralia ovulum MORCH, Cat. Yold. p. 38, (teste Pfr.) absq. desc. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Animal not observed. 



Shell imperforate, lengthened ovate, solid, shining, 

 smooth, marked with microscopic revolving lines, most 

 easily detected on the spire ; reddish-brown, with lighter, 

 hardly perceptible revolving bands ; suture moderate, less 

 ragged than in the other species ; spire elongate-conic ; 



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