The Shell-Collector’s Handbook. 143 
ACME LINEATA, DRAPARNAUD. 
SHELL cylindrical, attenuated, glossy, strongly striated 
transversely, yellowish-brown or dark-brown; whorls six 
to seven, compressed somewhat; apex obtusely rounded ; 
suture shallow, well-defined ; aperture roundish-oval, con- 
tracted above; outer lip thin, flexuous, reflected; inner 
lip thin; umbilicus minute; operculum horny. Alt. 2-3; 
diam. 3-2 mill. Animal milk-white, speckled with brown. 
Habitat—Among decaying leaves and moss in wet 
situations, especially near the sea. 
v. alba (Jeff.): Shell white or colourless, transparent. 
(B. C. vol. i., p. 308.) 
m. sinistrorsum (Jeff): Spire reversed. (B. C.vol.i., 
p. 308.) 
