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LAND AND FRESH-WATER SHELLS OF X. A. PART IIL 



Fig. 63. 



Fig. 64. 



Tulotoma 

 magnijica. 



Fig. 65. 



Tulotoma magnifica. 



Fig. m. 



bands on the exterior of the shell. I have counted as many as 

 four on the body whirl alone. 

 It is variable in size, and is 

 generally much eroded at the 

 apex. One specimen which I 

 measured was 50 mill. long. 

 It inhabits Alabama and 

 Operculum of Georgia. 



Fig. G2 is a fac-simile of the 

 outline of Conrad's figure of 

 Paludina magnijica. I have added below 

 figures of Mr. Lea's Pal. himonilifera and 

 Pal. angulata, which are, I believe, iden- 

 tical with this species, Fig. G6 being a fac-simile of Mr. Lea's 

 figure, and Fig. 67 being 

 taken from a specimen de- 

 termined by Mr. Lea. No. 

 8928 of the collection was 

 labelled Pal. angulata by 

 Mr. Lea. Haldeman agrees 

 with me in considering this 

 last identical with T. magnifica. I am 

 indebted to Dr. E. R. Showalter for the 

 other specimen figured. Haldeman adds 

 Pal. coosaensis to the synonymy. 



Pdludinn himonilifera, Lea — Shell obtusely 

 turreted, dark horn-color ; apex obtuse ; whirls 

 furnished with two rows of nodules ; the no- 

 dules of the lower row of the upper whirls 

 hidden by the suture, those of the upper row 

 larger, and visible on all the whirls ; sutures deep and irregular ; outer lip 

 sub-biangular ; base sub-angular. 



Alabama River.(Judge Tait). My cabinet and those of Prof. Vanuxem, 

 Am. Phil. Soc, Ac. Nat. Sc. Phila., P. H. Nicklin, Baron Ferussac. Diam. 

 1.1, length 1.8 inches. 



This superb Paludina, which far surpasses in point of beauty any of our 

 species yet known, I owe to the kindness of Judge Tait. Its beautiful 

 double tuberculated cincture at once distinguishes it from all described 

 species. Some specimens are furnished with dark purple bands which 

 beautifully decorate the interior of the shell, and give a dark rich green 

 color to its fine Epidermis. In the others these are wanting, and the epi- 

 dermis then has a clear and more yellow appearance. The sutures being 



Paludina himmiilifera. 



