^M E R I C A N^ 



JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 



Vol. II. JULY 1, 1866. No. 3. 



DESCRIPTIONS OV NEW SPECIES OF PARTULA, 

 INHABITING THE TAHITIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



BY W, HAEPER PEASE. 



1. Partula fusca, Pease. 



Description. — T. abbreviato vel oblongo-ovata, soliJiuacula 

 dextrorsa, umbilicata, parum nitida, longitudinaliter striis 

 incrementis subrugata, transversim tenuissim^ striata ; anfr. 5, 

 plano-convexis, nltimus spira superans, subventricosus; aper- 

 tura ovata, suboliqua, labro tenuisculo, plano-reflexo ; omnino 

 intense castanea, interdum fascia flavescente cirigulata, aut 

 flavicante, longitudinaliter fusco strigata, labro fusco-purpureo 

 tincto. 



Dimensions. — Long. 18, diam. 10 mill. 



Shell varies in shape from an abbreviate to an oblong-ovate 

 form, rather solid, dull, dextral, umbilicate, someAvhat rough- 

 ened by fine longitudinal lines of growth, transversely very 

 finely striated, striae becoming obsolete on the body whorl ; 

 aperture ovate, slightly oblique, edentate; lip rather thin, 

 flatly and evenly reflected ; whorls 5, plano-convex, the last 

 slightly ventricose and longer than the spire. AVholly dark 

 chestnut, occasionally a yellowish line or band encircling the 

 last whorl, or yellowish, striped longitudinally and irregularly 

 with chestnut, lip slightly stained with brownish-purple. 



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