194 A. .E. Verrill — Molliisca of the New England Gocbst. 



Duiiibev of wliorls in tl)e same IcMigtli, and l)y the smaller apical 

 whorl. The whorls are also somewhat more convex and the suture 

 more impressed. In one specimen the spire is somewhat crooked. 



Eulimella nitida Vemii, sp. nov. 



Plate XXXII, figure 5. 



Shell smooth, polished, rather large for the genus, moderately 

 elongated, with a tall, regularly tapering spire, of more than eight 

 whorls (apex V)roken), separated by a well defined, somewhat im- 

 pressed, rather oblique suture. 



Whorls moderately and regularly convex. Last whorl much 

 larger than the preceding ones, with the base produced. Aperture 

 long-ovate, much narrowed posteriorly, and terminating in a narrow, 

 rather deep sutural notch, regularly arched and somewhat flaring 

 anteriorly ; outer lip thin, sharp, receding in a rather deep notch 

 where it joins the previous whorl, from which it projects forward in 

 a rather strong regular curve, most prominent in the middle, from 

 whence it recedes again anteriorly to the front margin, which is 

 somewhat produced and distinctly efluse. The eolumella-margin is 

 somewhat excurved, and joins the anterior margin without forming 

 an angle. There is no umbilicus. The surface is everywhere smooth 

 and polished, showing only very faint and indistinct lines of growth. 

 The sutural line often appears double, owing to the inner edge of 

 the suture showing through the translucent shell. 



Length of the specimen, lacking the nuclear whorls, 6'5""" ; 

 breadth, 2'"'". 



Station 2038, N. lat. 38° 30' 30", W. long. 69° 08' 25", in 2033 

 fathoms. One specimen. 



This species appears to be closely related to E. hiclda, though the 

 absence of the nucleus prevents a close comparison. It differs in 

 the greater convexity of the whorls, in the more oblique and more 

 impressed suture, the longer body-whorl, more produced anteriorly, 

 and the narrower and more elongated aperture, which is more effuse 

 anteriorly. From E. charissa it differs still more decidedly in most 

 of these characters, and the latter is also a smaller and much more 

 slender species, with more numerous whorls. 



