HELIX. 



199 



figures are said by Deshayes to be indefinite, the benefit 

 of the uncertainty is given to Mr. Say's name. 



I have seen specimens of this shell which were said to 

 be brought from one of the West India islands. It is 

 very probable that this, as well as other species, is com- 

 mon both to the peninsula of Florida and the nearest 

 islands of the Gulf of Mexico. 



45. HELIX LEPORINA, GOULD. 







PLATE XL a. FIGURE 1. 



H. testa parva, lenticular!, rufo-cornea, pilosiupcula, levi- 

 ter striata, vix perforata ; spira depressa, anfractibus quinis 

 convexiusculis, ultimo superne subangulato ; apertura lu- 

 nata, labro incumbente, reflexo, roseo, dentibus duobus sinu 

 disjunctis instructo ; lamella columellari obliqua, erecta, 

 acuta, rectangulari, callo linear! superne ad angulum aper- 

 turse juncta. 



SYNONYMS AND REFERENCES. 



Helix leporina, GOULD, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nut. Hist. III. 39, anno 1548. 



DESCRIPTION. 



SHELL small, depressed, orbicular, thin, reddish horn- 

 color, delicately striated, and when fresh, having a deli- 

 cate down on its surface. Spire depressed, composed of 

 five slightly convex whorls, the last of which is obtusely 

 angular at its upper portion. The base is convex, exca- 

 vated at the umbilical region, with a minute perforation. 

 Aperture lunate, the lip incumbent, rose-colored, re- 

 flexed, bearing on its inner edge two expanded teeth 



