MELA^ELLA. 



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Species of Tiara. 



acantbica, hea. 

 amarula, Linn. 

 cornuta, Lea. 

 crenularis, Desk. 

 Cybele, Gould. 

 denticulata, Lea. 

 diadema, Lea. 



orientalis, A. Adams. 

 pagoda, Lea. 

 setosa, Swains. 

 speciosa, A. Adams. 

 thiarella, Lam. 

 villosa, Phil. 



Sub-gen. plotia, Bolten. 



Shell ovate, fusiform ; whorls spinose, transversely sulcate ; 

 aperture elongate, simple in front. 



bellicosa, Hinds. 

 coronata, V. d. Busch. 

 corrugata, Lea. 

 crenulata, Chem. 

 elegans, Bens. 

 furfurosa, Gould. 

 granifera, Lam. 

 gran urn, F. d. Busch. 

 Herklotzi, Petit. 

 lineata, Gray. 



mirifica, A. Adams. 

 pugilis, Hinds. 

 scabra, Latn. 

 scabrella, Phil. 

 spinulosa, Lam. 

 tenuis, Lea. 

 Terpsichore, Gould. 

 tetrica, Gould. 

 "Winteri, V. d. Busch. 



Genus MELANELLA, Swainson. 



Shell ovate ; spire as long as the aperture, whorls 

 smooth or tuberculate ; aperture ovate, entire in front, 

 acuminate posteriorly ; inner lip thickened ; outer lip 

 simple, not produced in front. 



Syn. Thiara, Miihlf. 



Ex. M. glans, Von dem Busch, pi. 31, fig. 4. Oper- 

 culum, M. glans, fig. 4, a. Shell, M. Hollandri, Fertis.<iac, 

 fig. 4, c. 



