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prominent part of each whorl, behind which it is al)ruptly flattened ; 

 at the suture is a broad and deep channel, so that the upper whorls 



Fig. 645. 



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are composed of an upright portion, and a nearly horizontal one, 

 all terminating in a pointed apex, and forming a winding terrace 



