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EULIMIDiE. 



Operculum horny, ovate, subspiral. 

 Shell white, smooth, polished, turreted ; aperture entire 

 in front ; columella simple. 



Genus EULIMA, Risso. 



Shell elongated, white, smooth, polished; spire pro- 

 duced, many-whorled, frequently with an interrupted varix 

 on one side, apex acute ; aperture oval, pointed behind ; 

 inner lip reflected over the pillar j axis imperforate ; outer 

 lip thickened internally. 



Syn. Pasithea, J. Lea. Polyphemopsis, Portl. Balcis, 

 Leach, 



Ex. E. grandis, A. Adams, pi. 25, fig. 1. Operculum, 

 E, grandis, fig. 1, a, 1, h. Shell, E. polita, Linnceus, 

 fig. l,c. 



The Eulimce crawl with the foot greatly in advance of 

 the head, which is usually concealed beneath the margin 

 of the shell ; many of them have distorted shells, the 

 upper whorls being often curved or inclined on one side. 



Species of Eulima. 



affinis, C. B. Adams. 

 acuta, A. Adams. 

 arcuata, C. B. Adams. 

 articulata, Soiv. 

 brevis, Sow. 

 conica, C. B. Adams. 

 Cumingii, A. Adams. 

 cuspidata, A. Adams. 

 distorta, Besli. 

 flexuosa, A. Adams. 

 gracilis, C. B. Adams. 



grandis, A. Adams. 

 Guildingii, A. Adams. 

 hastata, Sow. 

 iota, C. B. Adams. 

 labiosa, Sow. 

 major. Sow. 

 modicella, A. Adams. 

 nitidula, A. Adams. 

 obesula, A. Adams. 

 oleacea, Kutz and Stimp. 

 polita, Linn. 



