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LAND AND FRESH-WATER SHELLS OF N. A. [PAKT IV. 



Ilabitnt. — Yellowleaf Creek, uear its junction with Coosa River, 



Alabama; E. R. Sliowalter, M.D. 



Fig. 592. Diameter, -SS ; lengtli, -08 of an inch. 



Observations. — Two specimens of tliis solid little species are 

 before me. The larger has five well-defined bands, which 

 are visible in the interior ^s well as the exterior. The smaller 

 one has obsolete bands on the outside, but none within. lu 



outline it is very near to Melania ahritpta (laobis), but it differs in 



being more solid and less expanded in the aperture. Tlie aperture is 



nearly one-half the length of the shell. — Lea. 



213. G. olivula, Conrad. 



Melania olivula, Cox., Am. .Jour. ScL, 1st series, xxv, p. 34'2, t. 1, f. 13, Jan., 1834. 

 MiJLLEK, Sj-nopsis, p. 42, 1830. \Vheatu:y, Cat. Shells U. S., p. 2:i. DeKay, 

 Moll. N. Y., p. 98. Jav, Cat. Shells, 4th edit., p. 274. Reeve, Monog. Melania, 

 sp. 45.J. Bixnev, Check List, No. 188. Brot, List, p. 33. IIaxley, Conch, 

 Miscellany, 1. 1, f. 2. 



Megnra oliinila, Con., Chenu, Manuel, i, f. 2027. Adams, Fig. 592o. Fig. 593. 

 Genera, i, p. 30G. 



Melania oUvata, Con., JAY', Cat. 3cl edit., p. 45. Catlow, 

 Conch. Komenc, p. 188. 



Description. — Shell oblong or narrow, elliptical, 

 smooth and entire ; spire conical ; volutions five ; 

 suture impressed; aperture somewhat elliptical, 

 longitudinal, about half the length of the shell; color green-olive, 

 with strongly marlced, brown, revolving bauds ; about four on the 

 body-whorl. — Conrad. 



214. G. fascinans, Lea. 



Melania fascinans. Lea, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., p. 110, ISGl. 



Goniobasis fascinans LEA, .Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., v, pt. 3, p. 22;1, t. 34, f. 20, March, 

 1SG3. Obs., ix, p.ol. 



Description. — Shell smootli, subfusiform, somewhat thick, yellowish 

 Fig. 594. horn-color, shining ; spire high conical ; sutures impressed ; 

 whorls slightly convex; aperture rather large, white and 

 Til three-banded within ; outer lip acute ; columella white and re- 

 E tuse at base. 



Habitat. — Yellowleaf Creek, Shelby County, Alabama; 

 E. 11. Showalter, M.D. 

 Diameter, -38 ; length, -92 of an inch. 

 Observations. — This graceful an beautifully banded soecies is 



