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 Familie: Auricuüdae. 



Genus: Melampus, Montfort. 



Melampus castaneus, Mühlfeld, 1818. 



Voluta castaiiea, Mühlfeld, in Mag. Ges. naturf. Freunde, Berlin, Bd. VII, 1818, pag. 4, Taf. 1, Fig. 2. 

 Auricula fusca, Küster, System. Conch. Gab, Mart. Chemn. Die Auriculaceen . 1844, pag. 38, 



Taf. 5, Fig. 18-20. 

 Melampus castaneus, Pfeiffer, Mon. Auric. viv.. 1856, pag. 30, No. 21. 



Mühlfeld, in Mag. Ges. nat. Fr. 1. c. : ..Voluta castanea." — ,,Testa sub-ovata, laevi, 

 rufa, spira elevata novemgyra, labro costato, columella biplicata. — Affinis A'olutae flavae, 

 Gmel. — Long. 5 lin. — " ^ 



„Habitat in India orientali." 



Küster, Die Auriculaceen, 1. c. : .,AuricuJa fusca." — ,,Aur. testa oblongo-ovata, 

 solidiuscula, nitida, brunnea; spira acuta; anfract. angustis, planis; apertura oblonga; colu- 

 mella triplicata, peristomate recto, acutiusculo, intus plicato ; plicis supremis dentiformibus; 

 anfract. 6.'" 



„Alt. 5, lat. 3 lin. — Habitat in insulis Sandwich. — " 



Pfeiffer, Mon. Auricul. I.e.: ..Melampus castaneus." — ,, Testa subrimata, oblongo- 

 ovata, solida, vix striatula, nitidula, saturate castanea, prope basin interdum pallide fasciata; 

 spira brevis, conoidea, submucronata ; sutura impressa ; anfr. 7, superi angusti, planulati, 

 ultimus Vö longitudinis fere aequans. versus basin sensim attenuatus ; apertura subverticalis 

 (supera validiere) et callo palatali profundo, albido, plicas transversas 7 immittente, coarctata; 

 columella suboblique uniplicata; perist. simplex, acutum, margine dextro leviter arcuato, co- 

 lumellari crassiusculo, subpatente, — " 



„Long. 15, diam. max. 91 3 mm. Apert. i2i'2 mm longa, medio 3 mm lata." 



Baldwin, Katalog, pag. 20: ,,I\Iaui and Molokai." 



