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8. BULIMUS SUBULA, Pfeiffer. 



Plate LIII. Figcee 4. 



Testa turrito-subulata, sub-perforata, tenui, striatula, niti- 

 dula, diaphana, albida vel cerea ; anfractibus octo convexis ; 

 apertura oblonga, ovala ; labro simplici ; columella recta, 

 reflexa. 



SYNONYMS AND REFEEENCES. 



Achatina suhu!a, Pfeiffek, Wiegm. Archiv. 1839, 1. 352. 



Bidimm subida, Pfeiffee, Symbolas, I. 85 ; Moiiog. Helic. Viv. II. 15S. 



Reeve, Concli. Icon. pi. 69, fig. "194. 

 Bidimus oHonoi'les, D'Obbigny, Moll. Cub. I. 177, tab. 11, f. 23, 24. 

 Bulimtu procerus, Adams, Proc. Bost. See. Nat. Hist. II. 13. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Shell small, elongated, turreted, transparent, with 

 delicate, longitudinal striis, sometimes of a spermaceti 

 white, and sometimes wax-yellow. "Whorls about eight, 

 convexly rounded, revolving more closely at apex than 

 elsewhere, so as to form a somewhat obtuse summit, the 

 last whorl less than one -third the length of the shell ; 

 suture deeply impressed, aperture elongated, narrow, 

 rhomboid-elliptical ; lip simple and regularly curved ; 

 columella nearly straight, reflexed, protecting a minute 

 umbilical perforation. 



Length of axis nearly half an inch ; diameter about 

 one-tenth of an inch. 



Geographical Distribution. Found in Florida 

 abundantly, under fallen leaves, and also in most of the 

 West India islands. 



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