﻿PLANAXIS.— Plate IV. 



crehre Buh-nt'i. ijrhn'-fnscil ,■ ^triijis numerosis an- 

 gustis, wirliiliili.-;, I.i)i,jihnlii,,ilihi(.': ornatd ; spint 

 hrevi ; anfrnrfiluis qiiiins, hnrihiif, ccmvexiiiscidis ; 



■dti 



svyji 



tumidinsculu ; 



aperti'i-'! ^uhtrujond, lahro intus valide dentato, 

 liraf", iiKinjiiir fiisco, tenui, ereiiato, columelh'i 

 hreviuscidd, callo yostico conspicuo. 



Savignti's Planaxis. Shell large, thick, shortly troclii- 

 fnrm, slightly angular helow the middle, numer- 

 ously grooved all over, grey brown, ornamented 

 with numerous narrow undulating longitudinal 

 stripes; spire short; whorls five, short, rather 

 convex ; last large, rather tumid above the middle, 

 aperture rather trigonal; outer lip strongly tooth- 

 ridged within, margin broad, thin, crenatcd, 

 columella rather short; posterior callus conspi- 

 cuous. 



Deshayes. Mag. Zool. 1844. PI. CIX. 



Hab. Red Sea. 



The sulci are more numerous than in l'hniaxi< sid- 



catns, and not deeply cut. 



Species 31. (Mus. Brit.) 

 Planaxis lineolatds. Pla. testa parvd, dense spiralitrr 

 sulcatd, rubro lineatd, subventricosd, sijlrd ih-h- 

 minatd, anfractibus cmvexit'isculis ; apertnrd shIi- 

 rottmdd,columelld temd,valdi' arciiatd, lahro Intas 

 denticulato, propc margineni incrassitto, inarijinf 

 rotmido. 



The fine-lined Planaxis. Shell small, closely spirally 

 grooved, lined with red, rather ventricose ; spire 

 acuminated, whorls rather convex ; aperture 

 rather round, columella thin, much arched, outer 

 lipdenticulated within, thickened near themargiii, 

 margin rounded. 



Gould. Otia Conch, p. 60. 



llid). Wilson's Island, near the Sandwich Islands. 



Species 32. (Mus. Hanley.) 



Planaxis longispira. Fla. testa parvd, elotiyatd, an- 

 i/ii.itd, albidd, medio ultimi anfi-actus et infra 

 ridini biliyieatd ; spird productd, anfractiJnis con- 

 I'exiihculis, IcBvibtis, politis, ultimo hasi snlcnto ; 

 aperturd parvd, quam spira longe breciori .• adu- 

 melld hrevi, arcwitd, pallide viohiced .■ lnhru 

 crassiiiscido, callo postico nidlo. 



The LONd-spiRED Planaxis. Shell small, elongated, 

 narrow, whitish, with two red lines in the middle 

 of the last whorl and below; spire produced, 

 whorls rather convex, smooth, polished : last 

 grooved at the base ; aperture small, much 

 shorter than spire; columella short, arched, pale 

 violet ; outer lip rather thick ; no posterior 

 callus. 



S.MiTH. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 45. 



Hub. Chinese Seas. 



