﻿Genus 
  Spirat 
  ella 
  

   Blainville_1817. 
  

   Formerly 
  listed 
  as 
  

   Gen 
  us 
  Limaci 
  na 
  Cu 
  vier 
  

   1817. 
  fFemTT 
  

  

  118 
  

  

  I. 
  SUPER 
  FMtlLY 
  EUTH 
  EC 
  OSOI^t 
  ATA 
  

  

  (Gr. 
  eu, 
  well 
  -*- 
  theca, 
  a 
  case, 
  box 
  -i- 
  soma, 
  somat-, 
  body.) 
  

  

  1, 
  F 
  amily 
  Spiratellidae 
  . 
  (Diminutive 
  of 
  spira, 
  anything 
  wound, 
  rolled 
  ' 
  

   round, 
  coil, 
  spire.) 
  Also 
  known 
  as 
  Fam 
  ily 
  Limac 
  inidae. 
  (Lat, 
  lima^^ 
  

   limac-, 
  a 
  slug, 
  snail.) 
  

  

  S 
  pirate 
  lla 
  bulim 
  oides 
  Orbigny 
  (resembling; 
  

   the 
  Bulimus, 
  a 
  land 
  snail. 
  )(Bulimus, 
  j 
  

   according 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Paul 
  Fischer 
  (Manuel 
  dej 
  

   Conchyliologie) 
  , 
  is 
  a 
  typographical 
  er- 
  ■ 
  

   ror 
  for 
  Bulinus, 
  le 
  Bulin 
  of 
  Adanson.) 
  j 
  

  

  Spiratella 
  helicina 
  Ph 
  ipp 
  s 
  (spiral, 
  hel-j 
  

   icid; 
  has 
  n-iany 
  v/horis 
  on 
  its 
  spire.) 
  

  

  Spiratella 
  h 
  elicoides 
  Je 
  ffreys 
  (resembl- 
  ; 
  

   ing 
  a 
  Helix, 
  a 
  land 
  snail; 
  helix 
  means 
  | 
  

   a 
  spiral. 
  Shell 
  with 
  a 
  depressed 
  but 
  not 
  

   flattened 
  spire; 
  columella 
  twisted 
  in 
  

   a 
  spiral.) 
  j 
  

  

  S 
  pir 
  a 
  tel 
  la 
  lesueuri 
  Orbigny 
  (named 
  for 
  i 
  

   Charles 
  aV 
  Lesueur, 
  a 
  French 
  ichthyolo- 
  ! 
  

   gist 
  and 
  conchologist, 
  1778-1846.) 
  j 
  

  

  Spiratella 
  retroversa 
  Flemin 
  g 
  ( 
  turned 
  or 
  

   bent 
  bacl<ward; 
  retrovert; 
  when 
  the 
  ani- 
  i 
  

   :aal 
  is 
  in 
  motion, 
  the 
  shell 
  is 
  carried 
  j 
  

   at 
  right 
  angles, 
  hanging 
  somewhat 
  obli- 
  ' 
  

   quely 
  to 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  movement.): 
  

  

  Spiratella 
  retro 
  ve 
  rsa 
  ma 
  candre 
  i 
  Fo 
  rbes 
  & 
  i 
  

   Eanl 
  ey 
  {""ti^e 
  specific 
  name 
  should 
  have 
  ■ 
  

   been 
  v/ritten 
  macandrewi 
  as 
  the 
  shell 
  is 
  I 
  

   named 
  for 
  a 
  Mr, 
  MacAndrew.) 
  [ 
  

  

  Spirate 
  lla 
  tr 
  ochif 
  ormis 
  Orbigny 
  ( 
  shaped 
  : 
  

   like 
  a 
  top; 
  conical.)"" 
  I 
  

  

  S 
  piratell 
  a 
  i 
  nflata 
  O 
  rbigny 
  (swollen, 
  in- 
  ! 
  

   flated.) 
  ' 
  

  

  Spiratella 
  triacantha 
  Fischer 
  (v;ith 
  thre^ 
  

   thorns 
  I 
  lip 
  with 
  three 
  teeth.) 
  : 
  

  

  2. 
  Fa 
  mily 
  Cav 
  ol 
  inidae 
  , 
  (Dedicated 
  to 
  Cavolini, 
  an 
  Italian 
  naturalist, 
  

   1756-1810. 
  T 
  

  

  a 
  ) 
  Genus 
  Cavolina 
  Abi 
  ld- 
  

  

  gaard 
  179 
  1. 
  (Cavoliniaj 
  

   is 
  not 
  correct 
  .Fern. 
  7 
  j 
  

  

  Cavoli 
  na 
  gibb 
  osa 
  Ran 
  g 
  (humped, 
  inflated; 
  , 
  

   dorsal 
  face 
  convex. 
  ) 
  I 
  

  

  Cavolina 
  inflexa 
  Lesueu 
  r 
  (bent, 
  inflec- 
  i 
  

   ted| 
  lateral 
  spines 
  are 
  curved 
  backward 
  j 
  

   a 
  little; 
  central 
  spine 
  long 
  and 
  curved 
  ■ 
  

   upward.) 
  : 
  

  

  Cavolin 
  a 
  longiro 
  stris 
  L 
  esueur 
  (long-face4 
  

   shell 
  prolonged 
  in 
  front 
  into 
  a 
  long 
  j 
  

   depressed 
  beak,) 
  ; 
  

  

  Cavo 
  lina 
  tel 
  e 
  mus 
  L 
  inne 
  (a 
  proper 
  name 
  de-i 
  

   signating 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Cyclopes; 
  also 
  a 
  i 
  

   diviner, 
  soothsayer. 
  May 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  | 
  

   C. 
  tridentata 
  Forskal.) 
  j 
  

  

  Cavoli 
  na 
  t 
  ridentata 
  Forsk 
  al(with 
  three 
  j 
  

   teeth. 
  May 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  C. 
  telemus,) 
  | 
  

  

  Cavolina 
  uncinata 
  Rang 
  (bent, 
  crooked; 
  i 
  

   lateral 
  spines 
  curved 
  slightly 
  backward;' 
  

  

  