﻿DALL] SPIELLS COLLECTED IN THE BAHAMAS 45 l 



been recorded from the Bahamas in print, though there are Bahama 

 specimens in the National Museum collection, obtained many years 

 ago by the late Dr. Henry Bryant of Boston. A curious fact was 

 developed while making the comparisons with other specimens of 

 Helicina. Nearly fifty years ago a single specimen of Helicina was 

 sent to the Smithsonian from Key Biscayne, Florida, and identified 

 as H. subglobulosa Poey, a Cuban form. There arc specimens of 

 //. subglobulosa from Florida in the collection, of more recent date, 

 but the original specimen is undoubtedly an example of //. fasciata. 

 The figure in the Land and fresh water Shells of North America 

 (f. 220) part in, p. in, is very poor. 



Helicina bryanti Pfeiffer. 



Inagua, Dr. H. Bryant; Nassau and Mangrove Cay, Andros, 

 Owen Bryant. 



This seems to be common and widespread. Large bleached speci- 

 mens from Turk's Island are H. Candida Pfeiffer, and H. calida 

 Weinland, from Crooked Island can hardly be distinguished. 



Schazicheila bahamensis Pfeiffer. 



One specimen was found on the Grantstown road near Nassau, 

 and another at Mathews Point on the south side of Abaco, by Mr. 

 Bryant. 



The fresh shell is of a brownish red color, the tint changing after 

 death and exposure to a pale yellow of very different aspect. 



TrnncatcUa pulchella Pfeiffer. 



Mangrove Cay, Andros, Hopetown and Sweeting's village, Abaco. 



Trnncatella bilabiata Pfeiffer. 



Nassau, N. P., also in beach drift at Long Rock, Abaco. 



Trnncatella clathrus Lowe. 



Riding Point, Grand Bahama, Sweeting's village, Abaco. 



This has not previously been recorded from the Bahamas though 

 registered from Bermuda, Florida, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, etc. 

 Assiminea coucolor C. B. Adams. 



Jamaica (Adams as Phasianella concolor) ; Lagoon of Watling's 

 Island; Bermuda (C. B. Adams and C. A. Davis) ; under stones at 

 high water. Key West (Hemphill) ; Point Pinallis near Tampa, 

 Florida (E. Jewett and R. E. C. Stearns) ; Mangrove Cay, south 

 bight of Andros Island (Owen Bryant). 



This differs from A. affinis Orbigny, in its more rotund and 

 polished whorls, and somewhat larger size. A. concinna C. B. 

 Adams (as Cingnla) has an impressed line in front of the suture. 

 I have not seen specimens, but the species was described from Ja- 



