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Lamellaria, Montagu. 



Etymology ^ lamella, a thin plate. 



Synonyms, Marsenia, Leacii. Coriocella, Bl. 



Type, L. perspicua. PI. YIII., Fig. 6. 



Shell ear-shaped ; thin, pellucid, fragile ; spire very small ; 

 aperture large, patulous ; inner lip receding. No operculum. 



Animal much larger than the shell, which is entirely con- 

 cealed by the reflected margins of the mantle ; mantle non- 

 retractile, notched in front; eyes at the outer bases of the 

 tentacles. Lingual undni 3, similar ; or one very large. 



Distrihution, 10 species. Norway, Britain, Mediterranean, 

 New Zealand, Philippines. 



Fossil, 2 species. Pliocene — . Britain (Crag). 



Narica, Ptecluz. 



Synonyms, Yanicoro, Quoy. Merria, Gray. Leucotis, Sw. 



Type, N. cancellata. PI. VIIL, Fig. 8. 



Shell thin, white, with a yelyety epidermis ; ribbed irregularly 

 and spirally striated ; axis perforated ; operculum yery small, 

 thin. 



Animal eyes at the outer base of the tentacles ; foot with 

 wing-like lobes. 



Distrihution, 26 species. "West Indies, Nicobar, Vanikoro, 

 Pacific. 



Fossil. 4 species, Gault — . (D'Orbigny.) Britain, France. 



Velutina, Fleming. 



Etymology, velutinus, yelyety (from vellus, a fleece). 

 Type, V. Iseyigata. PI. VIIL, Fig. 7. 



Fig. 96. VeMina Uevigata (Warington). 



Shell thin, with a yelyety epidermis; spire small; suture 

 deep; aperture yery large, rounded; peristome continuous, 

 thin. No operculum. 



Animal with a large oblong foot; margin of tne mantle 

 deyeloped all round, and more or less reflected oyer the shell ; 

 giUs 2 ; head broad ; tentacles subulate, blunt, far apart ; eyes 

 on prominences at their outer bases. Carniyorous. Lingual 

 dentition (Fig. 96). It resembles that of trivia (Fig. 15, B). 



