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R. MiRABiLis, Dunker; R. planaxoides, Desin. Miocene of Aqiii- 

 taine. 



The group was proposed first for fossil species, but the above re- 

 cent shell, referred by Semper to a new group Isselia (preoccupied, 

 and by Nevill to Isseliella, 1<S85, may be included. 



Subgenus Eatoniella, Dall. 1876. 



Smooth, aperture subcircular, peristome simple, continuous, not 

 effuse below, lip margin not thickened. Operculum paucispirai, 

 Avith an interior claviform process. R. Kergueleneusis, Smith. 

 3 sp. Kerguelen Is. 



Name substituted for Eatonia, E. A. Smith, preoccupied. 



Genus BARLEEIA, Clark. 1855. 



( onically turbinate<l, whorls slightly convex, smooth ; aperture 

 oval, entire, rounded in front, lip sharp. Operculum subconcentric, 

 not spiral, with lateral nucleus, and an internal rib-like processs. 



Operculigerous lobe without processes, tentacles moderate, simple, 

 obtuse at their extremity, foot a little emarginate behind, truncate 

 in front. B. RUBRA, Adams. Europe. 



Many conchologists place this group in connection with Jeffrey- 

 siidte, rather than with Rissoiidse. 



Genus KEILOSTOMA, Desh. 1848. 



Elongated, turriculate, usually spirally striate; aperture short, 

 entire, twisted at the base, angular behind, lip very thick, exteriorly 

 varicose, laterally produced, sinuous behind. 



Cretaceous and Eocene; Europe, India. K. eximia, Desh. 

 (Struct. & Syst. Conch., t. 72, f 39.) 



On account of Chiloatoma, Fitz., 1833, Bayan, in 1873, changed 

 tlie above name to Paryphostoma. 



Genus FAIRBANKIA, Blanford. 1868. 



Shell imperforate, turreted, with a brown epidermis ; aperture 

 suboval, rounded in front, lip slightly dilated, with acute margin 

 and exterior varix. Opercailum corneous, subannular, with an in- 

 terior long transverse rib. 



Animal with long filiform tentacles, and eyes sessile at their 

 bases ; proboscis elongated ; foot wide, sinuated in front, rounded 

 behind. F. Bombayana, Blanf Estuary; Bombay Harbor. 



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