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COLUMELLARIA.— Five Genera. 



JVo canal at the base of the aperture, but a more or less distinct dorsal notch 

 and plaits on the columella. 



Columbella. Shell oval, spire short, the base of the aperture more or 

 less notched, and without a canal. Columella plaited; aperture contracted 

 by a swelling on the inside of the right lip. 



C. strombiformis, 

 ' rustica, 

 ' mercatoria, 

 ' flavida, 

 ' semipunctata, 



C. bizonalis, 

 ' reticulata, 

 ' Hebreea, 

 ' pardalina, 

 ' scripta, 



C. ovulata, 

 ' nitida, 

 ' zonalis, 

 ' fulgurans, 



C. mendicaria, 

 ' turturina, 

 ' punctata, 

 ' unifascialis. 



Mitra. Shell turreted, subfusiform, the spire pointed at the summit, the 

 base notched, and without a canal. Columella plaited; the plaits parallel, 

 transverse, the lower ones smallest; columella lip thin, and formed on a pillar. 



M. 



episcopalis, 



papalis, 



pontificalis, 



puncticulata, 



millepora, 



cardinalis, 



archiepiscopalis, 



versicolor, 



sanguinolenta, 



ferruginea, 



terebralis, 



adusta, 



granulosa, 



crocata, 



CcLSLcl. 



nexilis, 



olivaria, 



scabriuscula, 



granatini, 



crenifera, 



serpentina, 



M. toeniata, 

 plicaria, 

 corrugata, 

 costellaris, 

 lyrata, 

 melongena, 

 cinctella, 

 vulpecula, 

 Caffra, 

 sanguisuga, 

 stigmataria, 

 flosa, 

 fissurata, 

 lac tea, 

 cornicularis, 

 lutescens, 

 striatula, 

 subulata, 

 cornea, 

 tringa, 

 melaniana, 



M. scutulata, 

 dactylus, 

 fenistrata, 

 crenulata, 

 texturata, 

 conulus, 

 limbifera, 

 aurantica, 

 amphorella, 

 coronata, 

 paupercula, 

 cucumerina, 

 patriarchalis, 

 muriculata, 

 torulosa, 

 ebenus, 

 harpEeformis, 

 semifasciata, 

 retusa, 

 microzonias, 



M. ficulina, 

 nucleola, 

 unifascialis, 

 bacillum, 

 conularis, 

 arenosa, 

 clavulus, 

 literata, 

 Peronii, 

 obliquata, 

 plumbea, 

 larva, 

 pisolina, 

 dermestina, 

 granulifera, 

 oniscina, 

 tabanula, 

 pediculus, 

 Michebinii, 



14 fossil species. 



Voluta. Shell oval, more or less ventricose, the apex obtuse or papil- 

 lary, the base notched; no canal. Columella plaited; the lower plaits largest 

 and most oblique; no columella lip. 



V. nautica, 

 ' diadema, 

 ' armata, 

 ' ducalis, 

 ' tessellata, 

 ' ^Ethiopica, 



V. melo, 

 ' Neptuni, 

 1 cymbium, 

 « olla, 



' proboscidalis, 

 ' porcina, 



V. scapha, 

 ' Brasiliana, 

 ' imperialis, 

 ' pellis serpentis, 

 ' vespertilio, 

 ' mitis, 



nivosa, 



serpentina, 



hebraea, 



musica, 



chlorosina, 



thiarella, 



