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 Familie. Auriculidae. 



Genus: Melampus, Montfort. 



Melampus castaneus, Alühlfcld, LSIS. 



Vohäa castanea, Mühlfeld, in Mag. Ges. natuif. Freunde. Berlin, Bd. VII, 1818, pag. 4, Taf. 1, Fig. 2. 



Auricula fusca, Küster, System. Conch. Gab. Mart. Chemn. Die Auriculaceen , 1844, pag. 38, 



Taf. 5, Fig. 18-20. 



Melampus castancvs, Pfeiffer, Mon. Auric. viv., 1856, pag. 30, No. 21. 



Mühlfeld, in Mag. Ges. nat. Fr. 1. c. : „Voluta castanea." — „Testa sub-ovata, laevi, 

 rufa, spira elevata novemgyra, labro costato, columella biplicata. — Affinis Volutae flavae, 

 Gmel. — Long. 5 lin. 



,,Habitat in India orientali." 



Küster, Die Auriculaceen, 1. c: „Auricula fusca:' — ,,Aur. testa oblongo-ovata, 

 solidiuscula, nitida, brunnea; spira acuta; anfract. angustis, planis; aperturä oblonga; colu- 

 mella triplicata, peristomate recto, acutiusculo, intus plicato ; plicis supremis dentiformibus ; 

 anfract. 6." 



„Alt. 5, lat. 3 lin. — Habitat in insulis Sandwich. — " 



Pfeiffer, Mon. Auricul. I.e.: „Melampus castaneus." — ,, Testa subrimata, oblongo- 

 ovata, solida, vix striatula, nitidula, saturate castanea, prope basin interdum pallide fasciata; 

 spira brevis, conoidea, submucronata ; sutura impressa ; anfr. 7, superi angusti, planulati, 

 ukimus V.5 longitudinis fere aequans, versus basin sensim attcnuatus; aperturä subverticalis 

 (supera validiore) et callo palatali profundo, albido, plicas transversas 7 immittente, coarctata; 

 columella suboblique uniplicata ; perist. simplex, acutum, margine dextro leviter arcuato, co- 

 lumellari crassiusculo, subpatente. — " 



„Long. 15, diam. max. 9V3 mm. Apert. 12V2 mm longa, medio 3 mm lata." 



Baldwin, Katalog, pag. 20: „Maui and Molokai." 



