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Family ETJLIMID^. 



Genus EULIMA, Risso. 

 [Hist. Nat. Eur. Merid. t. iv. 1826, p. 123.] 



Shell not nmbilicate, subulate, composed of many whorls, 

 polished, porcellanous ; commonly the spire is slightly twisted 

 to one side ; varices not well marked externally, but forming 

 small ribs inside the whorls; aperture ovate, entire, angulate 

 posteriorly and rounded in front ; columellar border reflected. 



Type. — Eulitna elegantissima, Montag. 



Eulima danae, Tenison-Woods. 



I 



I 1880. Eulima dance, Tenison- Woods, Proc. Linn. Soc. N-S.^W". vol. iv. p. 'z, 



I pi. i. fig. 1. 



I 1893. Eulima danm, Tate and Dennant, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Aust. 



I vol. xvii. pt. 1, p. 222. 



1895. Eulima dance, Tate and Dennant, id. vol. xix. pt. 1, p. 112. 



Shell erect, spire in typical examples not curved, whorls very 

 narrow, concave posteriorly, convex in front, suture but slightly 

 oblique, polisherl, varices indented, curved, not in line from whorl 

 to whorl; last whorl large, rounded anteriorly; aperture oval; 

 outer margin oblique with reference to the axis of the shell. 



Diniensmis. — Length 28-5 mm. ; breadth 8 mm.; length of 

 aperture 6 mm. 



Form, and Loc. — Eocene : Muddy Creek, Victoria. 



G. 4227. Two examples of the adult, both somewhat narrower 

 than the type described by the author. 



Presented ly John Dennant, Esq. 



G. 5540. Shell very narrow, spire curved, with varices deeply 

 iii'l^'"ted. Purchased. 



G. 9476. Series illustrating stages of growth. Purchased. 



