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434. Grlessula filosa, BJanford. 



Glesmlajilosa, Blauford, J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, p. 19, pi. 3, fig. 16 ; 

 Pfeift'er & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 1881, p. 330; Bed- 

 dome, Pvoc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 171 ; Pilsbry, 

 Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 85, pi. 13, fig. 14. 



Achatina {Electra) filosa, llauley & Theobald, Conch. Tnd. 1870, 

 pi. 36, fig. 10. 



Achatina filosa, PfeifFer, Mon. Helic. Viv. viii, 1877, p. 279. 



Stenoffyra {Glessula) filosa, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 108. 



Original description : — " Testa sub-rimata, turrita, teuuis, cornea, 

 verfcicaliter plicato-striata, paruni nitida; spira elevata ; apice 

 obtuso, brevissimeconico, sub-nuicronato ; sutura impiessa. Anfr. 

 8 convex], ultimus J- longitudinis sub-sequaus, basi rotundatus. 



Fig. 138. — Glessula filosa. 



Apertura verticalis, lunato sub-ovalis ; peristoma rectum, tenue ; 

 columella arcuata, albida, lamelliformiter extante, teuui, oblique 

 truncata. 



"Long. 21, diam. 9 mm. Apert. 7 mill, longa, 5 lata."' 

 (Blanford.) 



Hah. India : Travaucore and Tinnevelly (Beddomc) ; Shevroy 

 Hills (Henderson). 



" A peculiar form easily distinguished by its strong sculpture, 

 abrupt subconical apex, and by the columella standing out from 

 the last whorl, so as to have a groove running along its side." 

 {Blauford.) 



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Fig. IS^. — Glcssula filosa. Tar. cxigiia. 



This species varies considerably in contour and size, but the 

 groove by the side of the columella, referred to by Blanford, is not 

 always perceptible. The four shells from Travancore here figured, 

 which are in the Beddome collection, give some idea of the range 



