OTOPOMA. 351 



tubuliformi, quoad pei-iplieriam antepenultimi uiinore ; apertura 

 integra, subaxiali, subumbilicali, valde nbliqua, subcirculari, intiis 

 supenie dente 1 submar^inali loco quasi parietali nuiiiita, peristo- 

 luate teiiui, expaiiso. 



"l)iain. inajoi- 14, alt. 1^| mill." (Benson.) 

 Hah. Burma : Fai'iii Caves, Moulmein (Sanl-ey). 

 The specimen from whicli tbls species was described was found 

 by Benson in earth filling the cavity of a decayed specimen of 

 Sflj)Jiina scJiistostelis sent to him by ]Major Sankey. 



Genus OTOPOMA, Gray. 



Otopoma, Gray, Nomencl. Moll. Anim. Brit. Mus. i, 1850, p. 35 ; 



Pfeiffer, Zeits. Malak. viii, 1851, p. 157 ; id., Mon. riieiun. 1852, 

 p. 179 ; Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll, ii, 1856, p. :292 (as subgenus of 

 Cyclodomus) ; Cheini, Man. Conchyl. i, part 2, 1860, p. 492 (as 

 snbsenus of Tropidophora) \ Pilanford, A M.N. II. ser. 3, xiii, 

 1864, p. 4(U: Pfeiffer, Mon. Pneum. Siippl. ?>, 1875, p. 167; 

 Boiu-o-uipnat, in Pevoil, Faune & Flore Pavs (^omalis, vi, 1882, 

 p. 57 ; Fischer, Man. Conchyl. 1885, p. 747 (as subg-enus of 

 Ci/clostoma) ; Godwin-Austen, Land & Fre.*hw. Moll. India, ii, 

 liS97, p. 29, pi. 67 (anatomy); Martens, Resch. Weichth. Dents. 

 Ost-Afr. 1897, p. 7; Kobelt'& MOllendorff, Nachr. Deuts. Malak. 

 Ges. XXX, 1898, p. 157; id., Cat. Pneura. 1899, p. 77: (lodwiii- 

 Austen, in II. O. Forbes, Nat. Hist. Sokotra,1903, p. IGl ; Kobelt, 

 Conch.-Cab., Cyclophrridae, ii, 1913, p. 986. 



Type, Turbo foliaeeus, Chemnitz. 



Range. India, N.E. Africa, South Arabia. 



Shell umbilicated, subglobose, solid, with an ear-like process 

 from the inner side of the mouth, covering part of the axis ; mouth 

 circular ; peristome simple, or slightly reflected. — Operculum 

 shelly, solid ; whorls convex in the centre, with simple edges, 



542. Otopoma hinduorum, Blanford. 



Ofapoma clti)is!/))i (non Sowerbv), Benson, .V. M. N. II. ser. 3, iv, 



1859, pp. 92, 95. 

 Ofo/xnna Idnduonim, Blanford, op. cit. xiii, 1864, ]>. 464 ; Pfeiffer, 



Mon. Pneiun. Suppl. 2, 1865, p. 122; llanlev & Tiieobald, Conch. 



Ind. 1870, pi. G, ti<>-. 5; tig. 6 (var.) : Pfeiffer, Moii. Pneum. 



Suppl. 3, 1875, 2). K'7; Theobdd, Cat. Shells Brit. India, 1876, 



p. 35; Kobelt »t MiiUendorff, Nachr. Deuts. Malak. 'Jes. xxx, 



1898, p. 158 ; id., Cat. Pneum. 1899, p. 78. 

 Ci/clostoma (Otopoma) hi7iduonim, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxxix, 

 'part 2, 1870, p. 12, pi. 3, %. 0; Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, 



]). 307. 

 Otopoma (Geor(/ia ? Ct/clutopsis?) hinduorum, Kobelt, Conch.-Cab., 



Cvclophoridae, ii, 1913, p. 1006, pi. 148, figs. 15, 16, pi. 150, 



figs. 9-12. 



Orifjinal description : — "Testa im])erforata, clausa, umbilicata 

 globoso-turbiiiata, solidula, nitida, striata, juxta suturani et circa 

 umbilicum Uvvis, oxtus versus peripberiam liris spiralibus sub- 



