586 ORTHALICUS §. 1. 



XIV. Orthalicus Beck. 



Testa imperforata, ovato- vel oblongo-conica, tenuiuscula, 

 striata, lineis spiralibus crispatulis minutissime decussata, vel 

 solidiuscuia, lineis spiralibus deficienlibus, fasciis saepissime 

 articulatis, strigisque variis eximie ornata, et ad innovationes 

 plerumque virgata. Spira interdum elongata, apice nucleari 

 obtusa. Anfractus 6 — 8, ultimus inflatus. Columella filariter 

 incrassata, interdum callo crasso exstante onusta, laxe arcuato- 

 intorta, basi oblique subtruncata. Apertura ovalis. Peristoma 

 rectum, intus interdum calloso-Iabiatum, marginibus callo tcnui 

 profunde intrante conjunclis. ( 8/m^^/. Notit. malac. 1. p. 57, ubi 

 conferatur anatome animalis.) 



OrthalicuS Beck Ind. p. 59. (subgenus Bulinii.) 



— Troschel in Zcitschr. f. Malak. 1847. p. SO annoL cl 



in Arcii. f. Naturg, 1849. I. p. 228 

 (genus). 



— Shuttl. Notit. malac. 1. p. 57 (genus). 



Buccini, Bullae, Helicis , Bulimi, Achatinae, Succineae sp. Auctt. 

 Species luculenta affinitate inter se connexae, duce Cl. Shutt- 

 leworth in tres sectiones distribui possunt: 



§. 1. Sultana Shuttl. 



Testa tenuis, conspicue decussata, anfractu ultimo ventroso- 

 inflato, nucleo foveolato. (Sh.) 



1. Dennisoni Rceve {Slmttl. 1. c. p. 58. — Bul. 

 Denitisoiu Rv. n. 166. t. 26. — Ch. p. 245. — Pfr. 

 Mon. 111. n. 5i2. — Blaiicl in Ad. Contr. Nr. 11. 

 p. 229: Marmato Novae Granadae. — Borus Ad. 

 Gen. p. 148. — Pfr. Yers. p. 148.) Mon.lll. p. 380. 



2. O. Meobambensis Pfr. 



T. imperforata, ovato-conica, solidula, confertim striata 

 striisque spiralibus subgranulata, virenti-albida, fasciis inter- 

 ruptis nigris, strigis undulatis junctis et supra medium anfrac- 

 tuum maculis magnis angulosis nigris picta; spira conica, obtusa; 

 anfr, 67^ convexiusculi, ultimus % longitudinis aequans, ven- 

 trosus, interdum varicosus; columella compressa, albo-callosa, 

 stricta, recedens ; apertura obliqua, angulato-ovalis, intus mar- 

 garitacea; perist. nigro-Iimbatum, vix expansiusculum, margini- 

 bus callo nigro-castaneo junctis. — Long. 88 — 90, diam. 46 — 5'2 

 mill. Ap. 53 — 55 miU. longa, 33 lata. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Meobambensis Pfr. in Proc Zool. Soc. 1855. p. 9 6. 

 — — friectoslyhis) Pfr. Vers. p. 157. 



