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ODOSTOMIA. 329 



Shell elevated, pointed, smooth, and glossy, of an ivory-white 

 color ; whorls about eight, flat, separated by a sharp, slightly d 

 pressed suture, on which are from three to five revolving 

 lines, of Avliich the two next below, and the one immediately 

 above the suture arc most deeply sculptured ; about the front 

 of the lower Avliorl are usually ten or twelve very fine lines 

 also ; aperture narrow, about one third the length of the 

 shell, acutely angular above ; outer lip sharp and thin, some- ^' ''f ''"' 

 times showing within, and on its sharp edge, the impressed 

 lines ; the inner margin regularly curved ; the pillar, widening and 

 expanding a little, is produced so that an acute angle is formed by 

 the junction of the two lips in front ; al)out the middle of the inner 

 margin is a single, sharp, oblique fold, formed ])y the revolution of 

 the outer lip within the shell ; operculum horny ; apex nearly ter- 

 minal, su!)-spiral. Length, one fourth of an inch ; breadth, one 

 tenth of an inch ; divergence, twenty-three degrees. 



First found by Colonel Totten on the shores of Rhode Island, 

 adhering to redcn irradiam. Since then it has been found l)y 

 Professor Adams among sand from New Bedford Ilarlior. 



Lynn Harbor {Haskell) ; Buzzard's Bay to New York {Stii)tpson). 



Odostomia ssminuda. 



Fig. 178. 



Shell acute-conic, white, with coarse revolving lines, crossed on the upper 

 whorls, and on the upper half of the lower whorl, l)y longitudinal lines. 



Jam'uiia semimida, Adams, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. ii. 280, pi. 4, fig. 13. 

 Odust'jmia srmhiudii, Gould, Inv. 1st ed. 273, fig. 178. — De K.\y, N. Y. Moll. 115, pi. 8, 

 fig. 175. — Stimpsox, Cheek Lists, 5. 



Shell acute-conic, glossy white, translucent ; whorls six or seven, 

 convex, the upper ones and one half the lower whorl with numer- 

 ous ridges or folds, crossed by three equidistant revolving- 

 lines, giving the surface a granulated appearance ; at the 

 base of the loAver whorl are four more revolving lines, be- 

 ginning on the middle, where the folds terminate abruptly ; 

 suture distinct, divided l)y an indistinct spiral ridge ; aper- 

 ture oval, one third the length of the shell; the outer lip o.se,ni. 

 very thin, and scalloped by the revolving lines ; the base is 3 

 prolonged into a concave angle, and rising, revolves within 

 the shell, forming a single inconspicuous fold on the pillar. Length, 



