PHTSA. 133 



8. PHYSA VIRGINEA, Gould. 



Plate 6, fig. 7. 



Shell slender and delicate, thin and shining, 

 of a light golden color when fresh ; spire about 

 one-third the length of the shell, sharply 

 pointed, of five or more moderately convex 

 whorls, the last of which has a faintly angular 

 appearance near the suture. Aperture nar- 

 row and elongated, two-thirds the length of 

 the shell, acute behind. Columella short, 

 delicate, slightly sinuate, folded. 



Length 15, diam. 8 mill. 



A slender, graceful species, not very closely 

 related to any of its congeners. The long 

 slender spire reminds one remotely of Ph, 

 hijpnorum, Linn. 



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