38 HELICEA. 



SUCCINEA GROENLANDICA Beck. 

 Plate LXXX. Figure 4. 



T. oblonga, solidula, striatula, vix nitidula, palHde cornea, albido- 

 strigata ; spira scalaris, papillata; anfr. 3, penultimus perconvexus, ultl- 

 mus § longitudinis subfequans ; columella substricte recedens ; apertura 

 ovalis ; perist. simplex, margine dextro arcuato. Long. 8 ; lat. 5^ ; 

 alt. 3^ mill. Ap. 5^ mill, longa, 3^ lata. (Pfeiffer). 



SYNONYMS AND REFERENCES. 



Succinea Groenlandica Beck, Ind. abs. desc. 



Pfeiffer, Mon. Hel. Viv. ii. 529; iii. 20. 

 MoLLER, Ind. Moll. Groenl. p. 4, (teste Pfr.) 



DESCRIPTION. 



Animal not observed. 



Shell elongated, rather heavy, lightly wrinkled, of a 

 light horn color, mixed with white ; spire scalariform, 

 bulbous ; whorls 3, the penultimate quite convex, the last 

 equalling about | the length of the shell ; columella reced- 

 ing and narrowed, covered with a white callus ; aperture 

 oval ; peristome simple, the right margin curved. 



Greatest length 8, breadth 5^, millimetres. Length of 

 the aperture 5^, breadth 3|. 



Geographical Distribution. Greenland (MoUer, Morch, 

 &c.) 



Remarks. This species is easily distinguished by its 

 bulbous, turretted spire, and by its light horn color, broken 

 by longitudinal white vittsB. When the epidermis is 

 removed, the shell is of a dead white. The specimen 

 figured is in Mr. Bland's collection. 



SUCCINEA L.INEATA. 



Plate LXXX. Figure 5. 



Testa oblongo-ovata, solidior, albida aut cinerea ; spIra elevata, acuta ; 

 anfractus 3 convexi, lineis parallelis inter rugas incrementales volventi- 

 bus ornati ; sutura impressa ; apertura orbiculata-ovata, oviformis, par- 

 tem testge dimidiam aequans ; columella plicata, callo albo induta. 



