B U L I M U S 



Plate XXX. 



Species 180. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BoLiMUS AURis-vuLPiNA. Bul. testd ovald, ventricosd, 

 mibunMlicatd, spird subacuminatd, anfractibim septum, 

 tramvemm et longitudinaUter rude rugoso-drmtis, 

 mipenie dcpresse migulato-rotundatis et corrugato-ere- 

 tiatis ; columelldprofmide excavafd, bad contortd, labro 

 hicrassato, rude rejiexo, aperturd dtiuatd et contractd ; 

 sordide albd, columdld croceo-riifd, apice et aperturte 

 fauce pallide crocatis. 



The fox-ear Bulimus. Shell ovate, ventricose, slightly 

 umbilicated, spire somewhat acuminated, whorls seven 

 in number, transversely and longitudinally roughly 

 striated, depressly angularly rounded and puckered 

 above ; columella deeply excavated, twisted at the 

 base, lip thickened, rudely reflected, npertm-e sinuated 

 and contracted; dead white, columella saffi'on-red, 

 apex and interior of the aperture faintly tinged with 

 saffi'on colour. 



Deshayes, Anim. sans vert. vol. viii. p. 257. 

 Auris vidphia, Chemnitz. 

 Vohda auris-valpina, DiUwyn. 

 Helix auru-vnlpina, Ferassac. 



Hob. St. Helena. 



A curious species of which several specimens have been 



found in a semi-fossO state at St. Helena, supposed to 



have belonged to a mollusk now extinct ; none having 



been collected in a living state. 



Species 181. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BoLlMUS Hanleyi. Bid. testa elongato-oblongd, sub- 

 turritd, tenui, semipellucidd, spird a-cuminatd, sutnris 

 impresds; anfractibus septem, lavibus, nitentibus, 

 plano-cottvexis, per marginem superiorem subtiliter et 

 creberriitie cremilatis, cremdis in sulcis muiutis descen- 

 dentibus, colmnelld labroque tennihm, dmplidhns ; 

 rufo-castaued, intus iridescente. 

 Hanley's Bulimus. Shell elongately oblong, somewhat 

 turreted, thin, semipellucid, spii-e acuminated, sutures 

 impressed ; whorls seven in number, smooth, shining, 

 flatly convex, very finely and closely crenulated along 

 the upper margin, the crenules descending in fine 

 grooves, lip and columella thin, simple ; reddish- 

 chesnut, u-idescent mthin. 

 Pfeiffee, Monog. Bid. 



Hub. ]5razil; .Miller. 



A light turriculated shell of a peculiar reddish maho- 

 gany brown-colour, the sutures of which are somewhat 

 deeply impressed, whilst the upper edge of the whorls is 

 very finely crenidated, the crenules l)eing delicately 

 prolonged. 



Species 183. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus Spixii. Bid. testd elongato-turrild, subcyliu- 

 d raced, spird acuminata, apice concavo-depressd ; an- 

 fractibus septem, plano-convexis, loiigitiidinaliter sub- 

 tilissime corrugato-striatis, per marginem crenulati^ ; 

 columella peeuUariter incisd, aperturd parvd, labro 

 subincrassato, vix recurvo ; corneo-fmcd, obscure fas- 

 ciatd, epidermide luteo-olivaced indutd, labro et aper- 

 turte fauce pallide carueo-rosaceis, subiridescentibus. 

 Spix's Bulimus. Shell elongately tun-eted, somewhat 

 cyKndi-ical, spire acuminated, concavely depressed at 

 the apex ; whorls seven in number, flatly convex, 

 longitudinally veiy finely striated in a wrinkled 

 manner, crenidated along the edge ; columella pecu- 

 liarly notched, aperture small, lip somewhat thickened, 

 but slightly recurved ; flesh-tinted brown, obscurely 

 banded, covered with a yellowish-olive epidermis, lip 

 and interior of the aperture flesh-tinged rose, slightly 

 iridescent. 

 Wagner, Test. Bras. p. 11. pi. 10. f. 3. 

 Columna btdimea, Spix. 

 An eadem junior, Bulimus ligaliims, AVagner. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



The notched columella is a very conspicuous feature in 

 this species, which, in fine condition, is not white as 

 hitherto described, but of a flesh-tinged rose hue, banded 

 with brown and covered by a yeUowish-olive epidermis. 



Species 183. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus imperator. Bul. testd pyramidali-ovatd, an- 

 fractibus sex, lavibus, ultimo basin versus subangulato, 

 colmnelld redd ; putpureo-nigricante, epidermide spa- 

 diceo-albo, imdato-strigatd indutd, aperturd carules- 

 cetde-albd, colmnelld rosaceo-purpurascente, peritremate 

 nigricante. 



The emperor Bulimus. Shell pyramidally ovate, whorls 

 six in number, smooth, last whorl slightly angled 



dy, 1818. 



