﻿AURICULA. 



Plate III. 



Species 13. (Mus. Brit.) 



AnniCULA SACCATA. Aur. tfsl,! ,-ijlI,uh-!<;l ainpifta, 

 ppidmnide fused, crassd, hrilrr >:,ilnitd ludiil.i ; 

 spird prudndd, anfrtidilmx ,:;-fihilrrn.1U,iif, nUluio 

 ,dd.~ii,in; ,■„/,;) tin.nd,,, .<„l,/nn,r.,t,^: „ prrnn-d 

 hrrr;:,<ruI,;,'.n,.jH.ld; >,n,njnic n,r,in,, hthn, ,:r- 

 frrun ,Hj,ra. .iirdhnn utjll,.,; odm.irUd i„jWi 

 c,;i.<sd, Jerlfrr hldeiitatd, propc medlaw ncutc uiil- 

 denfatd. 



The hahged AriracDLA. Sliell cylindrical, narrow, 

 covered with a brown, thick, slightly grooved 

 epidermi.s ; spire produced, whorls straight- 

 sided, last oblong, swelled, rather truncated 

 below ; aperture rather short, narrow ; margin 

 flesh-coloured, outer lip bent inwai'ds above the 

 middle ; columella thick below, with two slight 

 teeth and one sharp near the middle. 

 Pfuffer. Proc. Zool Soc. 1854, p. 121. 



Hah. Bay of JIanilla. 



Species 14. (Mus. Brit.) 

 .\i:i;iri;r.A SKMII'LICATA. Am-, frsfd trmii, ainjiistd, 



sinu;, ,^„hn-,nii „rr„.ilnn Iu-afi.<. iilln.i,, mrdn, rt. 



/■.; h> 



rtin-d hrrr, 



Thk UALF-rLAiTED AuiucuLA. Shell thin, narrow, 

 olive ; spire attenuated, elongated ; whorls arch- 

 ridged above the suture, last smooth at the 

 middle and below ; aperture rather short, i:iyri. 

 form, columella armed with a prominent plait 

 below the middle. 



H. and A. Adams. MS. Brit. Mus. 



Auricula geiiljttii. ? 



Eab. Sandwich Islands, &c. 



Distinguished by curved plaits or ridges on the 



upper jmrt of the whorls. 



Species 15. (Mus. Brit.) 

 AUEICCLA ELONGATA. Am: tef^td ^uhfusifonui, finfjustu 

 nitenti; spird conicd, siilqirodtidd i aperiui: 



nngnstd, hthu, cienio l,„in, lahlo hiterm arcaato. 

 Infra laediiiin. iciiidrntafo, ad ti-riniuum Irimcato. 



The elongated Auricula. Shell rather fusiform, 

 narrow, smooth ; spire conical, rather produced ; 

 aperture narrow, outer lip thin, inner lip arched, 

 with a single tooth below the middle, truncated 

 at the end. 



Parreys. ? JIS. Mus. Brit. 



Hah. IMeditcrrancan. 



Species 1(3. (Fig. a, h, Mus. Soworby.) 

 Auricula JuD^. Am- irsid ^,didd, nhhiii,i,)-rij]iiidrli:d, 

 epidermide fused, drii.-:i' lintid. indiih! .■ sidn! pro- 



dHCfd,olf)isd : „i„rl,'rd rluinjntd, snpi;, uirdinm 

 .vdicuutnirl,; : hil.i.. nilrrii; ralld,., i„rdi.> ,1 lifrd 

 pHrh din:,h,i, „n,,ill„ ; hihio .■rterim hit,,, pUuiato, 

 supra inediiuiv tiimido, rersus siituraiii aiujidato id 

 sinu7,to. 



The Jewess's Auricula. Shell solid, oblong-cylin- 

 drical, covered with a brown, closely-ridged 

 epidermis ; spire produced, obtuse ; aperture 

 elongated, rather conti-acted above the middle ; 

 inner lip strong, guarded with two teeth above 

 the middle and below ; outer lip broad, flattened, 

 swelled above the middle, siimous and angular 

 towards the suture. 



LiNN.E'JS. (Voluta auris Judte.) 



Hah. India. 



Species 17. (Mus. Brit.) 

 Auricula inceassata. Aur. fr^td missd, amjvstd, 

 spird attenuafd, prod mid . a nfrmtihii^ : sidHunjii- 

 hilis, ultinio cijUiidrlm: iijirrturd luirlfoniii, 



roUnielld ldp]:,;iid. 



The tuickesed Auricula. Shell thick, narrow, spire 

 attenuated, produced ; whorls slightly angular, 

 last cylindrical ; aperture auriform, sinuously 

 contracted in the middle, margin very thick, 

 columella with two plaits. 



A. and H. Adams. MS. Brit. Mus. 



Hal. ? 



