LITTORINA.— Plate IX. 



the genus by its oblong pyramidal form and deep purple- 

 violet columella. 



Species 46. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 LiTTOiilNA FLAMMEA. LIU. testd elongato-ovatd, au- 

 gustd, tenui, subvmfricosd, spird aculd, anfractibus 

 declim-convexis, valide et con/ertim spiraliter lineari- 

 ■■sulcatk ; ferrugiMO-spadiced, rufo-fusco oblique stri- 

 gatd ; aperturd parmisculd, basi dilatatd, columella 

 teittie reflexd. 



The flamed Littokina. Shell elongately ovate, nar- 

 row, tiiin, slightly ventricose, spire sharp, whorls 

 slantingly convex, strongly and closely spirally li- 

 nearly grooved ; rust-fawn-colour, obliquely streaked 

 with red-brown; aperture rather small, dilated at 

 the base, columella reflected at the base. 



Philippi, Abbild. und Besch. Conch, pi. 6. f. 21. 



Ilab. Shanghai, China; Fortune. 



A slight, elongated species, closely spirally grooved 



throughout, and peculiarly marked with oblique flames. 



