L I N T E lU A. 



Genus LINTERIA, Ad,v»s. 



7'esla oruta, dejiimsa, laxe conroliitd ; a/hiiiird /tili^viiml, 

 antice mbcanaliadatd, iiuiiyiiic labii intivni apjicii- 

 diculo calyci/ormi, inttls i</i>rali. 



Shell ovate, depressed, loosely convolute; aperture 

 very wide, partly canalicuhited in front, margin 

 of the inner lip with a culyciform, inly spiral ap- 

 pendage. 



The most remarkable of all the generic forms of the 

 family of Bullidas, Linteria is distinguished by the 

 curious projecting cup conspicuous on the inner edge 

 of the body whorl. Of the six species enumerated the 

 localities are wide apart, althougli chiefly southern ; 

 New Ireland, the Philippines, the Sandwich Islands, 

 Algiers, and Japan contributing. 



Species 1. (Mus. Cum. in Brit.) 



LlNTEKl.\ MINOR. Lin. testd pamild, Intea, pcUuriild, 



tenui,oMique ovatd, lo7i(jitudinulilcr tcnuissinic slriald, 



appendicu lo u nguicu lato. 

 The S.M.4LLER Linteria. Shell small, yellow, pellucid, 



thin, obliquely ovate, longitudinally very linely 



striated, appendage unguiculate. 

 A. Adams. In Sowerby's Thesaiu'us Conchyliorum, 



Bulla, No. 127. 

 Hab. Island of Zebu,— H. Cuming. 



This small transparent shell is more oblicjue in form 

 than the other species. 



Mus. Cum. 



kit.) 



Species 2. (Fig. a, 



Linteria acuminata. Lin. testd ovatd, poslice contrarto, 

 exttts viridi, inths subfiiscd, labia ccttrno supra 

 spinam elevato, rotundatim amiuinata, dtim/i' run- 

 tracto, antice oblique expanso ; anj'rai-lu ulti/iiu sub- 

 trigono ; appendicido subexpanso. 



The acuminated Linteria. Shell ovate, posteriorly 

 contracted, green without, brownish within, outer 

 lip elevated above the spire, roundly acuminated, 

 thence contracted, anteriorly obliquely expanded ; 

 last wliorl subtrigonal ; appendage somewhat ex- 

 panded. 



October, 1870. 



Sowerrt. 



//-(//. Guadaloui 



San. 



Islands. 



The specimens from whieh I name this species are 

 one from Guadakmpe and llie oIIkt from the Sandwich 

 Islands. They differ from Lintiria riridis in the outer 

 lip being acuminated, raised above the spire, and con- 

 fluent with the reflected inner lip on the body whorl. 



Species 3. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cum. in Brit.) 



Linteria viridis. Lin. tistd x)ib(cijiialit<r ovald, salidd, 

 veniricosd, late ajur/d, amn ntrici spiraliter trnu- 

 issime striatd, viridi, bdnti c.rtcnio postice subtrun- 

 cato, medio semicin-nlari, cn/iii/icl/d valde araiatd, 

 anfractu ultimo ani/iisti.^siinn. appendirulo alba, 

 magno, declivi. 



The green Linteria. Shell rather equally ovate, 

 solid, ventricosc, widely open, concentrically 

 spirally very thiidy sti-iated, green, outer lip pos- 

 teriorly subtruncated, semicircular in the middle ; 

 columella much arched, last whorl very narrow, 

 appendage white, large, slopral. 



Rang. Quoy and Gaimard,Voy. de I'Astrolabe, pi. xxvi. 

 f. 13-lG. 



llab. Bourbon, Guam, Japan, Pitcairn's Lsland. Taken 

 on exposed rocks at half tide. 

 The cup-like appendage of the columella in this 



species is larger than in any other, and the form is 



more regularly oval. 



Species 4. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cv 



Brit.) 



an/ht'iii ultimo angustifsimo, 

 apprndii-ido clongato, acttmi- 



Linteria glauca. fJii. testa ovato-subquadratd, oblmgd, 

 sulijiclliiridd, f//aiicd„ com/iressd, concenirice striatd ; 

 api rUird !rrtiii.<rii/d. aiitirij fidilriiiicatd, postice mar- 

 gineclevatud iiill.'x,.. 

 coliimclld n (iia:<ridd 

 nato. 



The glaucous Linteria. Shell ovately-subquadrate, 

 subpellucid, glaucous, compressed, concentrically 

 striated ; aperture rather straight, anteriorly sub- 

 truncated, posteriorly with the margin elevated 

 and bent inwards ; last whorl very narrow, eolu- 



