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costis gibbosis, leviter nodulosis, oblique transversis, 
valde productis ac inter se distantibus, in ultimo ad 
periphæriam sat abrupte terminatis, ornata, et suleis 
spiralibus numerosis (14-15), in ultimo nodulosis, 
cireumeincta ; — spira parum producta, sat breviter 
conica (apex lævigatus et acutus); — anfractibus 
7 convexis, usque ad ultimum sat lente crescentibus ; 
— ultimo magno, dimidiam altitudinis leviter supe- 
rante, tumido-convexo, ad basin attenuato, superne 
circa suturam profundam zona planulata angustaque 
signato ; — apertura verticali, suboblique oblonga, 
ab basin effusa ac quasi late canaliculata, intus albo- 
margaritacea; — collumella crassa, recta, leviter 
reflexa ; — margine externo superne sinuoso ac deinde 
antice arcuate provecto; — peristomate recto, intus 
incrassatulo, in margine externo acuto leviter sub- 
crenulato, inferne crasso, subpatulescente ; — mar- 
ginibus callo valido junctis ; — alt. 18, diam. 12; alt. 
ult. anfr. 10 millim. 
Plage de Pambété. 
PARAMELANIA GRANDIDIERIANA. 
Testa imperforata, ovato-tumidula, supra acumi- 
nata, infra attenuata, solida, opaca, parum nitente, 
subolivaceo-lutea, ad summum fusca et in ultimo 
subter periphæriam zonula viridula cireumecincta ; 
elegantissime sulcis transversis spiralibusque in quin- 
cuncem decussato-catenata et in unaquæque scutula 
gibbo nodoso productoque signata; — spira sat bre- 
