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Genus SUBULINA, Beck. 



Shell diaphanous, cylindrically turreted, rarely elongately 

 conical; apex obtuse, whorls 8 9, convex, the last nearly 

 equal to 3- of the length ; columella sub-arcuated, obliquely 

 truncate above the base ; aperture oval ; peristome straight, 

 acute. 



Ex. S. striatella, Rang, pi. 71, fig. 3. Shell, S. octona, 

 Chemnitz, fig. 3, a. 



Some of the species are from the East Indies and China, 

 a few are from Mexico, and the rest are from Cuba, Jamaica 

 and other West Indian islands, and from "Western Africa. 

 The Brazilian forests, especially those of Bahia, are the haunts 

 of the Obeliscus or Stenogyra group. 



Sjiecies of Subulina. 



acicularis Shuttl. Portoricensis, Pfeiff. 



bacilliforrnis, Jonas. Rangiana, Pfeiff. 



Cassiaca, Bens. semitarum, Bang. 



cerea, Pfeiff. striata, Lea. 



clavata, Gray. striatella, Bang. 



confusa, Pfeiff. sulcata, Gray. 



Dunkeri, Pfeiff. tenuispira, Bens. 



exilis, Pfeiff. terebraster, Ferus. 



Fraseri, Pfeiff. trochlea, Pfeiff. 



Javanica, Beeve. turritellata, Desh. 



lirifera, Morel. vivipara, Sow. 

 octona, Chem. 



Sub-gen. stenogyra, Shuttleworth (Obeliscus, Beck, not Montf). 



Shell imperforate, elongately turreted; apex obtuse, whorls 

 numerous; aperture oval ; columella straight, thin. 



bacterioides, DVrb. calcarea, Born. 



