PART II. 



CERITHIXiE. 



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SuB-FAM. 5. CERITHIN^. 



Shell clavate^ generally mucronate ; the spire very long : 

 the outer lip considerably dilated ; the base either trun- 

 catCj or forming a short recurved channel. 



PoTOMis Brong. Fluviatile ? covered with a brown 

 epidermis : whorls coronated^, and armed with spines ; 

 aperture almost entire, the notch being slightly de- 

 veloped ; top of the outer lip with an obsolete sinus, 

 muricata. Sow. Man. 377.* 



granulata. En. M. 442. f.4. 



PiRENA Lam, Fluviatile ; smooth ; outer lip ^. 

 much dilated, with a deep narrow slit on the /3 

 upper part; base widely notched; inner lip 

 entire and thickened. f 



P. terebrans. Sow. Man. f. 316. {fig. 80.) 



^Terebralia Sw. Outer lip much dilated, 

 generally uniting at its base to the inner 

 lip, leaving a round perforation at the base 

 of the pillar ; channel truncate ; operculum 

 round. 



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palustre. Mart. f. 1472. 

 sulcatum. En. M.442. f. 2. 

 Ebenium. lb. 442. f. 1. 



heteroclites. Lam. No. 24. 

 telescopium. Voy. Ast. pi. 55. 

 f. 4—6. 



lineatum. 



Rhinoclavis Sw. Channel curved backwards in an 

 erect position ; inner lip very thick, with a tumid 

 margin ; pillar generally with a central plait ; oper- 

 culum ear-shaped. 



obeliscus. En. Meth. 443.f. 4. 

 aluco. lb. f. 5. (Aberrant.) 

 semi-granosum. lb. 443. f. 1. 

 asperum. Mart. 157. f. 1483. 



Cerithium Lam. Channel short, nearly straight ; pillar 

 smooth ; inner lip thickened only at the top, where 



En. M. 443. f. 3. 

 lb. f. 2. 

 subulatum. Lam. No. 23. 

 fasciatum. Mart. 157. f. 1481. 



vertagus 



* Connecting this with the last sub-family by means of Clavicantha. 

 f Representing Pleurotoma. 



