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1932. Cochlostyla (Columplica) cepoides Bartsch, Journ. Washington Acad. 



Sci., vol. 22, p. 337. 

 1932. Steatodryas cepoides Pilsbry, Nautilus, vol. 46, p. 72. 



Shell semiglobose, turbinate, covered with a thin reddish-brown 

 periostracum, which forms a subsutural band at the summit, in which 

 whitish and darkish spots alternate, the lighter spots being occasioned 

 by the periostracum. There is also a subperipheral hydrophanous 

 spiral band present. The rest of the shell is reddish brown on the 

 spire, tending toward olivaceous-yellow on the base. The interior 



