COLUMBELLA.— Plate XIII. 



A strikingly characteristic species, distinguished by its 

 channelled aperture and pointed extension of the lip. 



Species 65. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 CoLUMBELLA PUELLA. Col. testd subfudformi, apird tur- 

 ritd, anfractibtis plano-convexis, longitudinaliter cos- 

 tatk, ultimo ad basin Icevigatd ; ntfeseente-aurantid, 

 in medio el ad suturas albifasciatd ; aperturd parvius- 

 citld, titrinque denticulatd, canali attenuato et recurvo 



The young Columbella. Shell somewhat fusiform, 

 spire turreted, whorls flatly convex, longitudinally 

 ribbed, the last smooth at the base, reddish-orange, 

 white-banded in the middle and at the sutui-es ; aper- 

 ture rather small, denticulated on both sides, canal 

 attenuated and recurved. 



SowEEBY, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



A delicate fusiform species, contrasting curiously in 

 form of the base with the preceding. 



