TORTULOSA. 1 79 



Onijinal description: — " C. testa vix rimata, turrito-fusiformi, 

 solitlula, subgranulato-stiiata, daucino-fusca ; spira convexo- 

 turrita, apice acutiuscula ; siitura submarginata ; aufr. 8 vix 

 convexiiiscLilis, penultimo convexiore, ultimo attenuate, basi axin 

 vix excedente, carina nmbilit-ali compi'essa, albida, augulatiiii 

 patula ; periomphalo mediocri, turgido, distinetius striate ; 

 apertura subcireulari ; perist. albo, continuo, incrassato, forni- 

 catim patente, superne angusle adnato, caeterum dilatato, basi 

 longe producto, eaiiali infiiudibuliformi perforate. 



"Long. l'0|, diani. medio 7 mill. Apert. intus 4^, cum perist. 

 7^- mill, longa." {Pfeiffer.) 



Hob. Ce3'lon (Thwaites). 



2oS. Tortiilosa decora, Benson. 



Cataulus decorus, Benson, A. M. X. H. ser. 2, xii, 1853, p. 96 ; 

 Pfeiffer, Malak. BI. i, 1854, p. 90; id., Men. Pneum. Suppl. 1, 

 1858, p. 89; Sowerby, Thes. Conch, iii, 1864, pi. 264, fig. 1.3; 

 H. Nevill, Eniim. Helic. Pneum. Cej-lon, 1871, p. 5; Hanley & 

 Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1875, pi. 106, fig. o; Reeve, Conch. Icon. 

 XX, Pupinidae, 1876, pi. 7, fig. 64 ; Theobald, Cat. Shells Bril. 

 India, 1876. p. 41; Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 298; 

 Joussoaume, M^ni. Soc. Zool. France, vii, 1894, p. 309 ; Kobelt 

 & Mollendovff, Nachr. Dsuts. Malak. Ges. xxi.v, 1897, p. 143 ; 

 Sykes, Pvoc. Mnlac. Soc. iii, 1898, p. 67 ; Kobelt &. Mollendorff, 

 Cat. Pueuni. 1899, p. 39 ; Sykes, Journ. Malac. xii, 1905, p. 55. 

 Tortulosa decora, Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll, ii, 1850, p. 28 

 Tort.nlosa (Eucataulus) decora, Kobelt, Das Tierreich, Lief, 16, 

 1902, p. 284. 

 Oric/inal description : — "T. subperforata, elongato-turrila, 

 solida, confertim costulato-striata, nitidiuscula, rufo-castanea. 

 apice aeutiusculo ; anfr. 8 convexiusculis, ultimo ad basin com- 

 presso-carinato, carina valde prominente, versus marginem 

 t'uniculata, incrassata, antice vix dilatata ; apertura verticali, 

 circulari; perist. incrassato, reflexo,breviter adnato, lajte aurantiaco, 

 ad basin subproducto, deorsum recedente : canali extus late per- 

 forate ; periomphalo magne; operc. nt in praecedente [(?. ansten- 

 -ianns]. 



" Diam, vix 10, axis 21 mill." (Benson.) 

 Hah. Ceylon : Eatnapeora (Lai/ard). 



259. Tortulosa diiplicata, Ffeifer. 



Cataulus duplicatus, Pfeiffer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 303 ; id., 

 Mon. Pneum. Suppl. 1, 1858, p. 90; Sowerby, Thes. Conch, iii, 

 1864, pi. 264, tig. 2; II. Nevill, Enuni. Helic. Pneum. Ceylon, 

 1871 , p. 5 ; Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1875, pi. 106, tig. 2 ; 

 1876, p. xii ; Reeve, Conch. Icon, xx, Pupinidas, 1876, pi. 6, 

 tig. 51 ; Theobald, Cat. Shells Brit. India, 1876, p. 41 ; 

 .Tousseaume, M^m. Soc. Zool. France, vii, 1894, p. 310 ; Kobelt & 

 Mollendorff, Nachr. Dents. Malak. Ges. xxix, 1897, p. 143; id., 

 Cat. Pneum. 1899, p. 39. 



Ctitaulnx fJiirdifrsi, vav. di/p/irafa, Svke.«, Proc. iMalac. Soc. iii, 1898, 

 p. 08. 



Tortulosa {Eucataidus) duplicata, Kobelt, Das Tierreich, Lief. 16, 

 1902, p. 284. 



