140 Binney on Terresitrial Mollusks. 



lines. It is the most distinctly marked species of the 

 genus found in America. 



GLANDINA PARALT.ELA. 



Plate LXII. Figuke 2. 



Testa solida, albida, nitons, cylindraceo-elongata, striis creberrimis 

 longitudinalibus notata; spira elevato-obtnsa ; anfr. 5 ad 6, superi con- 

 vex!, ultimus lateribus rectis, acquis intervallis inter se distantibus, aper- 

 tura angusta, partem testa; 3-7 sequans ; labrum flexuosum, in medio 

 rectum, margiiie basali curvatum; columella recta, truucata, callo induta. 



SYNONYMS AND KEFERENCE3. 



Glandina truncatn var. Rinney, 1. c. 



Gkuidina paralleld W. G. Binney, Phila. I'roc. 1857, p. 189; Notes, p. 9. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Animal not observed. 



Shell heavy, shining, white, elongated, cylindrical ; spire 

 elevated, obtuse ; whorls 6 to 7, with numerous, delicate, 

 longitudinal striae, the upper ones convex, the last one 

 with straight parallel sides; lip straight along the middle, 

 and parallel to the rectilinear side of the opposite whorl, 

 at the basal extremity curved; columella straight, trun- 

 cated, covered with a heavy callus. 



Length, 56 ; breadth, 20 millimetres. 



Geographical Distribution. Louisiana (Rev. E. R. 

 Beadle). 



Remarks. Distinguished by its peculiar parallel sides 

 and heavy texture from any other described species. 



GLANDINA TEXASIANA Pfeiffer. 

 Plate LXI. Figure 2. 



T. oblonga, solidula, longitudinalitcr confertim striata, nitida, pellucida, 

 carnea ; spira convexo-conica, obtusa ; sutura pallida, minute denticulata ; 

 anfr. 6 convexiusculi, ultimus spira paulo longior, basi parimi attenuatus; 

 columella perarcuata, basi laminam alljaui, tortam, abrupte truncatam 



