GLESSULA. 419 



AchatvHi si)ir/hjire)isis, Pfeifier, Mon. Ilelic. Viv. viii, 1877, 



p. 280. 

 Steiwiji/ra (GleKxiila) siti^hKrensi--; Xevill, Hand List,»i, 1878, 



p. iiiti. 



Orvpaal description : — "Testa jnrainidali, turrita, tenuis, cornea, 

 polita, uitida, levii«, vix striatula ; spira eloiigato conica ; apice 

 sub-acuto ; sutura impressa, miuute eomigata. Anfr. 8 convexi, 

 ultimus ^ longitudiiiis vix cequaus, subtus rotundatus. Apei'tura 

 fei'e verticalis, ovato-obloiiga ; peristoma obtusum, albescens;, 

 columella valde arcuata, antice oblique traucata. 



" Long. \2h, diani. 4-4, ap. long. 4, lat. 2J mm." {Blanford.) 



Hah. India : Siiighur near Poona {Blanford). 



" This is allied to the Nilgiri O.jerdoni, Bens., but the sides of 

 the spire are less convex, the sliell being more regularly pyramidal 

 with a less obtuse apex. In some ot the specimens of this species- 

 collected alive, but in wliicli the animal had subsequently dried 

 up, I found youug shells. It would thus appear to be viviparous. 

 1 have observed the same circumstance (the ocurrence of young 

 inside the old one) in G. cassiaca, Bs. In other species of this 

 genus I have found small round eggs with a calcareous shell, but 

 these may be hatched, before they are deposited by the parent."" 

 (Blanford.) 



The Cuming collection in the British Museum comprises five 

 specimens from the type locality, which measure 12 x 4*5 mm. 

 I possess shells from Poona, received from the late Colonel 

 Beddome, which are a little darker in colour than the type and 

 have the apex a little more acute. 



G. sinr/hurensis is allied to G. naja, Pilsbry, but it is smaller 

 and has the last whorl proportionately higher. 



404. Glessula amentum, lieeve. 



Achatina amentum (Benson), Heeve, Couch, icon, v, 1849, Acha- 

 tina, pi. 17, tisi'. 82 : Pfeiffer, Mon. Ilelie. Viv. iii. 185:3, p. 499 ; 

 ibid.. Conch .-Cab., Bulinim, 1860, p. 311, pi. 2o, tigs. 4, 5 ; Ben- 

 son, A. M. N. II. SL-r. 3, v, 1860. p. 404. 



Oleacijui {Electra) amentum, Adams, Gen. llec. Moll, ii, 1855, 

 ]). 105. 



Achatma {Electra) amentum, Pfeiffer, Malak. Bliitt. ii, 1856, p. 168 ; 

 Ilanley & Theobald, (.onch. Ind. 1870, pi. 35, tig. 3. 



Ci(>nella\Glexsida) amentum, von Martens, Die ileliceen, ed. 2, 

 1860, p. 254. 



Steno(/ura (Gle^mla) amentum, Xevill. Hand List, i, 1878, p. 169 ; 

 ibid., J. A. S. B. 1, 188L p. 138, pi. 5, tig 10. 



Glessula rt«(''«^"J'J, Pfeitter & Clessin, Xomencl. Ilelic. Viv. 1881, 

 p. ;]31 : ]'.eddome, Proc. Malac. See. London, vii, 1906, p. 168; 

 Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 77, pi. 10, tigs. 1-4. 



Original descrijUion : — "Shell cyliudrically turreted, very thin,, 

 whorls nine in number, rounded, obscurelv very finely plicately 



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