CHONDROPOMA. 



Plate VI. 



Species 40. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Chondropoma C'andeanum. Chond. testa vix mnblUcatd, 



oblo»r/o-turritd, riifcsceiile-fidvd, anfractibiis convexls, 



vaUdt: dense Jilo-reticnlntis ; aptrtard oblique ovatd, 



labro subfimbriato. 

 The Ca\de Chondropoma. Shell scarcely umbilicated, 



oblong-tuiTcted, reddish fulvous, whorls convex, 



strongly closely thread-reticulated ; aperture obliquely 



ovate, lip slightly fimbriated. 

 Cyclostoma Candeanum, D'Orbiguy, Moll. Cuba, p. 2G1. 



pi. 22. f. 15 to 17. 



Cyclostoma truncatum, Pfeifl'er. 



Cistula triincata. Gray. 



Cistida Caiideana, Pfeitfer. 



Chondropoma Candeanum, Pfeiffer. 

 Hab. Cuba. 



A rather stout reddish-fulvous shell, with the surface 

 veiy sti'ongly finely reticulated. 



Species 41. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Chondropoma puncticulatum. Chond. testa compresse 

 nmbilicatd, ovato-oblongd, Candida, punciis parvis riifo- 

 fuscis tessellatd, anfractibus conoexis, nitide dense jilo- 

 reticulatis ; apertwrd parvd, oblique circidari, subdis- 

 solutd, superne carinatd, labro subrejlexo. 



The finely-dotted Chondropoma. Shell compressly 

 uiubilicated, ovately oblong, white, tessellated with 

 small red-brown dots, whorls convex, neatly closely 

 thread-reticulated ; aperture small, oblitpiely circular, 

 a little detached, keeled at the upper part, lip some- 

 what reflected. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 128. 



Hub. West Indies. 



A strongly finely reticulated white shell, tessellated with 

 distant small red-brown dots. 



Species 42. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Chondropoma sijiplex. Chond. testa minute compresse 



nmbilicatd, ovato-oblongd, fulvescente-albd, sitbdia- 

 phand, maculis rufescente-fuscis in seriebus lonrjitudi- 

 nalibus pictd, anfractibus tmnido-convexis, valide dens!; 



Jilo-reticidatis ; apert/ird parvd, oblique ovatd, labro 

 simpUci. 



The simple Chondropoma. Shell minutely compressly 

 umbilicated, ovately oblong, fulvous white, some- 

 what diaphanous, painted with longitudinal rows of 

 red-brown spots, whorls tumidly convex, strongly 

 densely thread-reticulated ; aperture small, obliquely 

 ovate, lip simple. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1852. 



Hab. Island of Haiti ; Salle'. 



The surface sculpture of this species has a beautifully 

 delicate pearly aspect. 



Species 43. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Chondropoma abnatum. Chond. testa minute compresse 

 umbilicatd, oblongo-turritd, solidiusculd, sordide albd, 

 anfractibus declivi-convexis, subiiliter scabroso-reticula- 

 tis, ad suturas canaliculatis et crenulatis ; aperturd 

 parvd, oblique circulari, labro auriculalo-fmbrialo . 



The abnate Chondropoma. Shell minutely compressly 

 umbilicated, oblong-tun-eted, rather solid, dead-white, 

 whorls slopingly convex, finely scabrously reticulated, 

 channelled and crenulated at the sutures ; aperture 

 small, obliquely circidar, lip auriculately fimbriated. 



Gundlach, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. Cuba. 



This is the first species in which the sutui-e is distinctly 

 channelled throua;hout. 



Species 44. (Pig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Chondropoma Lowe an dm. Chond. testd compresse tcm- 

 bilicald, subvenlricoso-ovatd, albidd, pallide fusco mar- 

 moratd et strigatd, ad basin fasciatd, anfractibus tu- 

 mido-convexis, longitudinaliter pulcherrime dense flo- 

 slriatis ; aperturd oblique ovatd, dissolutd, superne 

 carinatd et crenulatd, labro vix reflexo. 



Lowe's Chondropoma. Shell compressly umbDicated, 

 somewhat ventricosely ovate, white, marbled and 

 streaked with pale-brown, banded at the base, whorls 

 tumidly convex, longitudinally very beautifully densely 

 thread-striated ; apertui-e obliquely ovate, detached. 



Januarv, 1863. 



