PALUDINA— Plate V. 



but of different form. The spire is abbreviated, impress- 

 ing the sutures into a canal, and they are obscurely ob- 

 tusely angled round the lower part. 



Species 27. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Paludina melanostoma. Pal. testa globoso-conicd,flaves- 

 ceide-oUvaced, inferne pallide fasciatd, anfractibus 

 coHvexis, subinjlatis, ubique maUeatis et minute punc- 

 turatis ; aperturd pyriformi-circulo.n, parviusculd. 



The black-mouthed Paludina. Shell globosely coni- 

 cal, yellowish-olive, faintly banded round the lower 

 part, whorls convex, rather inflated, everyivhere mal- 

 leated and minutely punctured ; aperture pyriformly 

 circular, rather small. 



Benson, MS. 



Hab. Bengal. 



A faintly banded shell, with a malleated surface, crowded 

 throughout with minute punctures. 



Species 28. (Mus. Anthony.) 

 Paludina Bermondiana. Pal. testa profunde anguste 



umbilicatd, globoad, flavescente-olivuced, purpurea con- 

 spicue trifasciatd, spird brevi, anfractibus rotundalis, 

 ad sutiiras impressis, dense longitudi?mliter striatis ; 

 aperturd ovatd. 



Beemond's Paludina. Shell deeply narrowly umbili- 

 cated, globose, yellowish-olive, encircled with three 

 conspicuous purple bands, spire short, whorls rounded, 

 impressed at the sutures, closely longituduially stri- 

 ated ; aperture ovate. 



D'Orbigny, Moll. Cuba, p. 7. pi. 10. f. 5. 



Ilab. Cuba. 



A compact, closely convoluted shell, with a small spire, 

 and narrow deep umbilicus, encircled with three very dis- 

 tinct pui-ple bands, the upper one of which is in the 

 suture. 



Pig. 39. (Mus. Cuming.) 



The shell here figured, Paludina nucleus of Mousson, 

 inhabiting the vicinity of Constantinople, appears to me 

 to be a variety of P. vivipara. 



