PARTULA §, 1. 445 



Partula Sowerby Conch. Man. p. 77. Ecl. 2. p. 216. 



— Reeve Gonch. syst. II. p. 82 et Conch. icon. 1849. Monogr. 



— Hemnannsen ind. gen. Malacoz. II. p. 20 i. 

 Partulus Beck ind. p. 57. 



— Albers Helic. p. 186. 

 Volutae, Limacis, Bulimi spec. Auctt. 



Genus affinitate polius naturali specieruni, quam characteribus 

 exactis cognoscendum, in Polynesia australi tantum obviuiu, 

 quod bene stabililuin foret, si characteres a Cl. Ferussac (Tabl. 

 syst. p. 65.) ei adscripti revera exislerent. Auctor neinpe eru- 

 ditissimus erronea quadam notitia inductus animali duo modo 

 tentacula cylindrica tribuit, et hanc ob causam genus in seclione 

 Dicerorum juxta Vertiginem collocavit. Sed recenlioribus ob- 

 servationibus cognitum est, animal quoad forinam externam a 

 Bulimis nullo modo difFerre. 



Species liuic generi adnumerandae, a me aliisque ad Bu- 

 limos hucusque relatae, sequente modo ordinandae sunt: 



1 . Normales §. 1 . Nr. 1 — 41. 



2. Abnormes. 



a. Ad Tornatellinam accedentes . ...,...§. 2. — 42 — 43. 

 h. Ad Achatinellam accedentes §.3. — 44 — 45. 



§• 1- 

 1. P. conica Gould. •{■ 



T. elongato-conica , interdum sinistrorsa, flavida vel ca- 

 stanea, leviter striata et lineis crebris volventibus decussala, 

 late perforata; spira elevata, acuta; anfr. 6 ventricosi, ultimus 

 permagnus; sutura impressa, albida; apertura obliqua, ovaiis; 

 perist. album vel rosaceum, late reflexum, subplanulatum, — 

 Long. IVio, lat. "Ao"- (G-) 



Partula conica Gould in Proc. Bost. Soc 1848. p. 196 et Ex- 

 ped. shells p. 33. Ed. 1851. p. 81. f. 88. 

 Habitat in insulis Samoa, insula Raraka. 



Obs. «Major quam omnes species notae, Bulimo laevo forma si- 

 milis. An forte P. buUmoides Less.?» 



2. P. tnajor (Bulimus) Deshayes. ^* 



T. ovato-acuminata, pellucida, straminea, tenuis, subtiliter 

 transversim striata, fragilis; spira acuminato-conica; anfr. 6 

 convexiusculi, ultimus inflatus, subglobosus, basi aperte umbi- 

 licatus; aperlura magna, ovata; perist. expansum, tenue; co- 

 lumella excavata, basi dilatata. — Long. 35, diam. 20 mill. 

 (Desh.) 



